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DODD  GENEALOGIES. 


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The   Male    Descendants 


DANIEL  DOD,  OF  BRANFORD,  CONN., 


A    NATIVE     OF    ENGLAND. 


1646  TO  1863. 


BETHUEL  L.  DODD,   M.D., 

AND 

JOHN  R.   BURNET. 


"  One  generation  passeth  away,  and  another  generation  cometti." 


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NEWABK,   N.    J.: 

PRINTED    AT    THE    DAILY    ADVERTISER    OFFICE. 


1864. 


PREFACE. 


DESIRE  to  know  something  about  our 
ancestry  is  natural  to  mankind,  and  has 
the  sanction  of  divine  authority.  Several 
chapters  of  the  Bible,  both  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments,  are  occupied  with  gene- 
alogies, in  which  many  names  are  given, 
not  because  the  persons  were  distinguished 
above  their  fellows,  but  merely  to  trace 
out  unbroken  lines  of  descent.  Matthew 
gives  the  genealogy  of  Christ,  on  the  side 
of  his  reputed  father,  from  Abraham 
down  ;  and  Luke,  on  the  side  of  his 
mother  up  through  David  and  Abraham  to  Adam.  The  tracing 
of  such  a  long  line  of  descent  was  only  possible  among  a  people 
who  held  it  a  religious  duty  to  preserve  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion their  family  records. 

The  practice  of  preserving  at  least  the  names  of  ancestors 
is  common  to  widely  separated  races.  We  are  told  that  in 
China  there  are  descendants  of  the  celebrated  philosopher  Confu- 
cius, who  can  exhibit  an  authentic  genealogy,  through  more  than 
sixty-five  descents,  up  to  that  celebrated  man.  The  Arabs,  it  is 
said,  rival  the  ancient  Hebrews  in  their  attention  to  genealogy. 
But  usually  it  is  only  where  wealth  and  rank  depend  on  descent 


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4  PREFACE. 

that  the  record,  if  kept  at  all,  is  kept  with  adequate  care  beyond 
a  few  generations.  While  every  man  admits  that  the  preservation 
of  his  own  Family  Eecord  is  a  duty  that  he  owes  to  his  children, 
too  many  neglect  to  transcribe  the  records  of  their  fathers  and 
grandfathers,  so  that  when  the  originals  of  those  records  become 
lost  in  the  lapse  of  time,  the  only  evidence  of  descent  that  remains 
is  most  likely  that  found  in  old  wills  and  deeds ;  evidence,  valu  • 
able  in  many  cases,  but  apt  to  be  imperfect,  as  men  are  liable 
either  to  die  without  wills,  or  else  to  omit  the  naming  of  all  their 
children  in  their  wills. 

The  laws  of  the  early  settlers  of  New  England  prescribed  that 
births,  deaths  and  marriages  should  be  entered  on  the  town  records, 
and  these  records  are  now  precious  to  the  genealogist.  Unfortu- 
nately no  such  registry  was  prescribed  in  New  Jersey  till  within  a 
recent  period ;  and  it  is  even  now  but  very  imperfectly  carried 
out.  If  our  ancestors,  when  they  first  came  to  Newark,  volunta- 
rily kept  town  or  church  records  of  births,  deaths  and  marriages, 
those  records  have  long  since  been  lost. 

In  England  there  have  long  been  kept  Parish  Registers  of  mar- 
riages, births,  and,  I  believe,  also  of  deaths.  In  many  cases,  prob- 
ably, these  registers  date  back  two  or  three  centuries  ;  though  many 
of  them  must  have  been  destroyed  in  the  civil  wars,  or  have  per- 
ished from  the  mere  lapse  of  time.  It  may  be  that  in  some  of 
these  registers,  if  we  knew  where  to  look  for  them,  we  might  find 
some  account  of  our  origin,  before  our  ancestors  came  over  the 
Atlantic.  But  as  there  are  ten  thousand  parishes  in  England,  and 
but  few  of  us  know  exactly  from  what  parish  our  ancestor  came, 
the  project  of  crossing  an  ocean  to  make  such  a  search  is  not,  upon 
the  whole,  a  very  feasible  or  promising  one. 


PREFACE.  5 

Most  of  us,  therefore,  must  be  content  with  such  conjectures  as 
we  can  make  from  the  name  transmitted  to  us,  aided  by  the  very 
uncertain  light  of  tradition.  Thus  it  happens  that  most  of  our 
American  genealogies  necessarily  begin  with  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  New  England.  And  surely  we  need  not  seek  a  more 
honorable  beginning.  Nay,  from  the  want  already  mentioned  of 
early  public  records  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths  in  New  Jer- 
sey, and  the  loss  of  too  many  family  records,  the  descendants  of 
many  of  our  old  Newark  families  are  unable  to  trace  back  their 
ancestry  with  any  degree  of  certainty,  even  to  the  first  settle- 
ment of  Newark.  It  is  due  chiefly  to  the  early  labors  of  the  late 
Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  (as  we  shall  duly  acknowledge  in  the  proper 
place,)  that  the  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod  are  more  favored  in 
this  respect.  The  little  work  of  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd  was  published 
in  1839.  It  was  hoped  that  he  would  be  able  to  revise  and  enlarge 
it  before  his  death,  but  that  hope  was  frustrated  by  the  failure  of 
his  eye-sight,  and  his  other  infirmities. 

Within  a  few  years  a  zeal  for  genealogical  research,  in  which 
Mr.  Dodd  was  one  of  the  pioneers,  has  become  rife  in  New  Eng- 
land ;  and  among  the  descendants  of  New  Englanders,  the  number 
of  published  genealogies  may  now  be  reckoned  by  hundreds.  The 
emulation  reached  New  Jersey,  and  several  of  our  old  Newark 
families  have  been  awakened  to  the  importance  of  collecting,  be- 
fore it  was  too  late,  their  scattered  records  and  traditions. 

However  inviting  the  subject,  as  concerning  a  man's  own  imme- 
diate ancestors,  the  task  of  compiling  a  full  genealogy  of  so  large 
a  family  as  the  one  here  attempted,  was  sufficiently  formidable  and 
forbidding  to  intimidate  most  men  from  undertaking  it.  One  man 
was,  however,  found — Dr.  Bethuel  L.  Dodd,  of  Newark — who  had 


6  PREFACE. 

all  the  energy  and  patience  whicli  an  enthusiastic  love  for  the  work 
could  inspire ;  but  with  a  very  large  medical  practice  on  his  hands, 
his  leisure  would  have  been  insufficient  to  enable  him  unaided  to 
digest  and  arrange  the  multitude  of  scattered  items  of  information, 
which  his  unwearied  diligence  during  four  years  had  collected ;  and 
so  the  chief  part  of  this  necessary  work  was  assigned  to  one,  who 
was  known  as  having  some  skill  and  experience  in  genealogical 
research,  acquired  during  diligent  labors  extending  at  intervals 
through  several  years,  in  collecting  materials  for  an  account  of 
the  descendants  of  his  own  maternal  ancestor,  Edward  Ball,  and 
others  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newark. 

Many  others  have  also  lent  their  aid  in  collecting  the  materials 
for  the  work.  Next  to  Dr.  Bethuel  L.  Dodd,  the  reader  who  here 
finds  his  genealogy,  is  most  indebted  to  the  zeal  and  liberality  of 
Daniel  Dodd,  Esq.,  of  Newark.  Dr.  Isaac  D.  Dodd  and  Amzi 
Dodd,  Esq.,  of  Bloomfield,  ought  also  to  be  mentioned,  as  having 
rendered  valuable  aid.  Our  obligations  to  others  are  recorded  in 
the  proper  places. 

The  possession  of  a  genealogical  record,  such  as  but  few  families 
can  show,  is  adapted  to  subserve  other  purposes  than  those  of 
mere  family  pride.  In  reply  to  the  question  of  utility,  it  is  enough 
to  point  out  the  obvious  advantage,  in  case  some  childless  man  of 
the  name  should  leave  a  fortune  seeking  heirs.  Here  is  an  advan- 
tage, not  more  to  the  few  who  may  be  able  to  trace  their  title  by 
the  information  given  in  this  work,  than  to  the  far  greater  number, 
who,  without  such  a  guide,  might  suffer  loss  of  time  and  money, 
and  bitter  disappointment  in  the  end,  which  the  certain  knowledge 
of  their  descent  found  in  this  volume  would  save  them  at  once. 

But  there  is  a  higher  and  more  certain  utility  than  this ;   the 


PREFACE.  7 

utility  of  knowing,  that  many  men  of  the  same  descent  with  our- 
selves, have  risen  by  honorable  and  upright  conduct  before  God  and 
man,  and  by  diligence  in  their  respective  callings,  to  positions  of 
high  respectability  and  usefulness.  That  pride  of  ancestry  is  surely 
both  useful  and  laudable,  which  shall  prompt  us  to  emulate  the 
many  virtues  of  our  Puritan  ancestry, — their  fortitude,  industry, 
benevolence,  temperance,  honesty,  and  piety.  While  there  are 
degenerate  and  unworthy  members  of  all  families,  we  would  fain 
hope  that  so  far  as  this  volume  has  any  influence,  its  effect  will 
be,  to  make  the  numerous  family  whose  lineage  it  records,  still 
more  worthy  of"  their  descent  and  their  connections. 

It  formed  no  part  of  our  original  design  to  include  any  descend- 
ants in  the  female  line  ;  since  to  include  them  all  would  swell  the 
work  to  an  inconvenient  and  expensive  bulk.  But  in  the  course 
of  preparing  the  work,  the  temptation  often  presented  itself  to 
insert  notes  giving  the  names  of  descendants  in  the  female  line, 
especially  of  the  first  generation.  And  these  notes  are  suffered  to 
stand,  from  an  opinion  that  to  erase  them  would  materially  dimin- 
ish the  usefulness  and  attractiveness  of  the  book. 

And  when  such  information  was  readily  accessible,  we  have 
given  brief  notes  of  the  descent  and  connection  of  a  few  other 
families  that  intermarried  with  the  Dodds, — as  the  Condits,  the 
"Williams,  the  Baldwins,  &c.  If  these  notes  add  to  the  interest 
and  value  of  the  book,  they  require  no  apology.  There  are  other 
families  who  have  equal  claims  on  our  attention,  but  as  it  was 
manifestly  impracticable  to  notice  all,  we  adopted  the  simple  rule 
of  giving  such  information  as  came  first  to  hand.  Those  who  may 
find  their  families  very  briefly  noticed,  or  not  at  all,  in  this  book, 
may,  it  is  hoped,  be  induced  to  prepare  and  publish  full  genealo- 
gies of  their  own. 


8  PREFACE. 

As  the  valae  of  a  work  like  the  present  depends  so  largely  on 
the  correctness  of  its  names  and  dates,  great  care  and  solicitude 
have  been  exercised  to  secure  the  highest  practicable  degree  of 
accuracy  in  those  respects.  If  any  errors  shall  be  discovered,  the 
reader  is  asked  to  remember,  that  of  the  multitude  of  Family 
Eecords  of  which  use  has  been  made,  we  had  the  opportunity  of 
copying  directly  from  but  few.  In  most  cases,  we  had  to  rely  on 
copies  made  by  third  persons ;  and  in  some  cases,  these,  perhaps, 
copied  two  or  three  times.  These  copies,  we  believe,  were  gen- 
erally made  with  much  care ;  but  some  of  them  very  probably  con- 
tained errors,  which  we  had  no  means  of  detecting. 

We  earnestly  and  respectfully  beg  all  readers  of  this  work,  who 
may  discover  errors  in  names,  dates  or  facts,  or  who  may  have 
authentic  information  for  supplying  omissions,  to  send  the  same  to 
Dr.  Bethuel  L.  Dodd,  of  Newark,  that  it  may  hereafter  be  printed, 
if  of  sufficient  importance,  in  a  Supplement. 

J.    R.   B. 


INTRODUCTION. 

THE  name  of  Dod  is  an  ancient  one ;  and,  as  is  often  the  case 
with  very  old  names,  it  is  difficult  to  form  a  satisfactory  opinion 
of  its  etymology.  It  may  be  a  dialectical  variation  of  Tod^  which 
signifies,  in  the  North  of  England,  a  fox ;  also,  in  some  parts  of 
England,  a  heap,  and  a  certain  weight  of  wool.  But  the  opinion 
which  seems  to  us  most  probable  is,  that  the  little  syllable  Dod  was 
used  among  the  ancient  Saxons  of  England  as  a  familiar  abbrevia- 
tion of  the  christian  name  Roderick,'^  as  Dick  is  used  for  Eichard. 
It  were  easy  in  confirmation  to  push  the  parallel,  and  to  show  that 
subsequent  modifications  of  the  two  names  would  be  effected  in  the 
same  manner— Dod,  becoming  Dodds  and  Dodson  ;  and  Dick,  Dix 
(Dicks,)  and  Dixon  (Dickson.)  One  of  the  most  common  modes 
in  which  surnames  were  formed  in  early  times  was  by  adding 
s  or  son  to  christian  names,  or  abbreviations  of  christian  names — 
e.  g.  Harry,  Harris,  Harrison ;  Jack,  Jackson ;  Will,  Wills,  Wil- 
son; Williams,  Williamson;  Eobin,  Bobbins,  Robinson,  etc.f 

The  name,  as  a  surname,  appears  to  have  been  first  used  in  the 
We?t  of  England,  on  the  borders  of  Wales.  Burke's  Heraldry 
informs  us,  that  the  Dod  family  of  Edge,  in  Cheshire,  and  that  of 
Cloverly  or  Calverhill,  in  Shropshire,  (both  these  counties  border 

*  Or  it  may  have  been  an  abbreviation  of  David. 

t  The  sylhible,  Dod,  begins  the  name  of  several  jslaces  in  England,  as  Dod- 
brook,  Doddington,  Doddenhara,  Dodford,  Dodworth,  «fcc. 


10  INTRODUCTION. 

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on  Wales,)  were  traceable  to  the  reign  of  Henrj  II.,  or  to  the 
twelfth  century.  The  two  families  used  nearly  the  same  armorial 
bearings,  showing  them  to  have  had  a  common  origin.  Those  of 
the  Dods  of  Edge  in  Cheshire,  which  seems  to  have  been  the  elder 
branch,  are  thus  described,  in  the  peculiar  language  of  Heraldry : 

"  Argent,  on  a  fesse  gules,  between  two  cotises  wavy  sable,  three  crescents  or  : 
Crest,  a  serpent  vert,  issuing  from  and  piercing  a  garb  or.  Motto,  In  copia 
cautus.^^* 

We  may  suppose  that  the  three  golden  crescents  which  were  the 
principal  device  on  the  shield,  commemorated  some  exploit  against 
the  Crescent  in  the  time  of  the  Crusades  ;f  while  the  crest,  a  green 
serpent  issuing  from  and  re-entering  a  golden  sheaf,  is  a  symbolical 
expression  of  the  motto,  "  Wary  in  plenty  ;" — indicating,  we  sup- 
pose, a  sense  of  the  dangers  attendant  upon  prosperity,  and  of  the 
consequent  need  there  is  of  watchfulness  against  its  corrupting  and 
poisonous  influence. 

The  name  of  Dodd  is  quite  common  in  the  British  Isles,  The 
Biographical  Dictionaries  mention  several  distinguished  persons  of 
the  name ;  the  eldest  of  whom  was  the  eminent  Puritan  scholar 
and  divine.  Rev.  John  Dod.  This  learned  and  pious  clergyman 
was  born  at  Shotledge,  in    Cheshire,  (another    account  calls  the 

*  An  explanation  of  the  heraldric  terms  here  used  is  given  for  the  benefit  of 
the  uninitiated.  Bj  fesse  (L.  fascia,  a  belt)  is  meant  a  band  occupying  one-third 
of  the  shield  across  the  middle ;  cotise  (Fr.  cote,  side)  signifies  the  narrow 
band  equal  to  one-fourth  of  the  fesse,  situated  on  either  side  of  it;  argent 
(silver,  white),  gules  (red),  saUe  (black),  or  (gold,  yellow),  vert  (green),  rep- 
resent the  different  tinctures ;  in  other  words,  the  metals  and  colors  of  the 
shield.  "Wlien  the  shield  is  engeaved  (not  j^ainted)  these  are  distinguished  by 
perpendicular  lines  for  red,  perpendicular  and  horizontal  for  black,  dots  for 
yellow,  and  oblique  lines  drawn  from  left  to  right  for  green. 

t  The  crescent  is  frequently  used  to  distinguish  the  coat  of  armor  of  a  second 
brother,  or  junior  family,  from  that  of  the  principal  branch. 


INTRODUCTION,  11 

place  Shotwich,)  about  the  year  1549,  and  lived  to  the  great  age  of 
ninety-six  years,  dying  at  Fausley,  in  Northamptonshire,  in  1645. 
As  it  is  not  unlikely  that  the  Dodd  family  of  America  are  his  de- 
scendants, we  shall  give  a  more  particular  account  of  him  in  an 
Appendix.  We  are  told  that  he  was  the  youngest  of  seventeen 
children ;  and  that,  while  he  lived  at  his  first  parish,  Hanwell,  in 
Oxfordshire,  he  had  twelve  children  by  his  first  wife,  the  daughter 
of  Dr.  Nicholas  Bound.  These  twelve  children  were  all  born  be- 
fore the  year  1600 ;  but  their  names  are  not  given,  except  one — Mr. 
Timothy  Dod,  also  a  Puritan  clergyman,  ejected  from  his  living  for 
non-conformity,  in  1672. 

The  sixteen  brothers  and  sisters  of  Eev.  John  Dod,  and  his 
twelve  children,  (to  say  nothing  of  more  remote  relatives,)  are  suf- 
ficient to  account  for  a  very  numerous  race  of  Dodds  in  the  British 
Isles  and  in  America.  We  note  in  a  Dublin  Directory  for  the 
year  1828,  six  of  the  name  of  Dodd  among  about  6,000  names, 
(including  only  the  upper  and  middle  classes,  the  gentry,  mer- 
chants, traders  and  professional  men.)  In  a  list  of  subscribers  to 
the  funds  of  the  London  Asylum  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  also 
embracing  about  6,000  names,  were  three  of  the  name  of  Dodd ; 
namely,  Charles  Dodd,  Esq.,  Camberwell;  Eobert  Dodd,  Esq.,  late 
of  Hoxton ;  and  Mr.  William  Dodd,  Fleet  street.  Taking  the 
mean  of  these  two  proportions,  it  would  seem  that  about  one  man 
in  fifteen  hundred  in  the  British  Isles,  bears  the  name  of  Dodd. 
(The  old  spelling  Dod  seems  to  have  been  more  generally  disused 
there  than  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.) 

In  this  country,  if  we  may  form  an  estimate  from  the  Directories 
of  our  large  cities,  the  name  of  Dodd  occurs  hardly  so  often,  ex- 
cept in  those  places  where  the  descendants  of  early  settlers  of  the 


12  INTRODUCTION. 

name  have  multiplied.  In  a  New  York  Directory  for  1841,  (before 
the  Irish  and  German  names  became  as  numerous  in  proportion  as 
they  now  are,)  out  of  about  40,000  names  there  were  15  of  the 
name  of  Dodd.  The  Dodds  have  increased  in  number  since,  but 
not  in  proportion  to  the  population.  In  Philadelphia,  in  1837, 
there  were  only  two  out  of  30,000  ;  but  in  1859  there  were  six  out 
of  perhaps  twice  as  many.  Out  of  nearly  10,000  subscribers  to 
the  American  Art  Union  in  1847,  was  only  one  Dodd,  (T,  S.  Dodd, 
of  Bangor,  Maine) ;  but  out  of  nearly  ten  thousand  subscribers  to 
the  funds  of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign 
Missions,  up  to  1852,  were  six  of  the  name  of  Dodd,  all  but  one, 
(Benj.  Dodd,  of  Boston,)  of  the  New  Jersey  family.  Out  of  about 
25,000  post-masters  in  1855,  there  were  six  of  the  name  of  Dodd, 
none  of  whom  seem  to  be  of  the  New  Jersey  family.* 

If  we  assume,  as  an  average  of  these  proportions,  say  in  round 
numbers,  one  family  in  five  thousand  in  the  United  States  of  the 
name  of  Dodd,  there  ought  to  be  over  one  thousand  families  of  that 
name.  Of  the  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod,  as  we  shall  presently 
show,  we  only  know  of  about  250  adults. 

The  unfortunate  Eev.  William  Dodd,  LL.  D.  an  eminent  scholar 
and  literary  man  in  his  day,  executed  in  1777,  at  the  age  of  48,  for 
forging  the  name  of  his  pupil.  Lord  Chesterfield,  to  obtain  tem- 
porary relief  from  his  pecuniary  embarrassments,  (hoping,  doubtless, 


*  There  were  also  two  or  three  who  spelt  the  name  Dodds ;  and  are  assumed 
to  be  of  a  different  stock,  though  the  two  names  might  })ossibly  1)e  in  some 
cases  changed  by  individuals,  the  one  for  the  other,  as  we  have  known  to  l^e 
the  case  with  some  other  names,  differing  only  in  a  final  h  ;  c.  <j.^  Reeve  and 
Reeves.  Out  of  about  18,000  post-masters  in  1849,  there  were  only  two  of  the 
name  of  Dodd,  one  of  whom  was  of  the  New  Jersey  family. 


INTRODUCTION.  13 

to  be  able  to  conceal  the  forgery  by  replacing  the  money,)  was  the 
son  of  a  Rev.  William  Dodcl,  for  many  years  Vicar  of  Bourne,  in 
Lincolnshire,  We  read  also  of  a  Ralph  Dodd,  distinguished  as  a 
civil  engineer,  who  died  in  1822,  aged  a  little  over  sixty.  His  son 
George,  distinguished  in  the  same  profession,  projector  and  resident 
engineer  of  Waterloo  Bridge,  died  in  1827.  We  are  inclined  to 
think  the  Robert  Dodd,  whom  we  find  mentioned  in  an  English 
Encyclopedia,  as  a  distinguished  civil  engineer,  (died  1822,)  was 
the  same,  named  Ralph  by  other  compilers.  There  is  mention 
made  also  of  a  Charles  Dodd,  a  Roman  Catholic  priest  at  Hawing- 
ton,  in  Worcestershire,  who  wrote  the  Church  History  of  England 
in  three  folio  volumes,  and  died  1745.  These  are  all  the  English- 
men of  the  name  of  Dodd  who  have  a  place  in  Appleton's  Cyclo- 
pedia of  Biography. 

Burke's  Heraldry  mentions  a  Sir  Samuel  Dodd,  "  Lord  Chief 
Baron  of  his  Majesty's  Court  of  Exchequer,"  whose  widow,  Dame 
Isabella  Dodd,  in  1722,  made  her  will,  directing  that  the  arms  of 
Dodd,  (nearly  the  same  as  that  already  described,)  should  be  borne 
by  the  husband  of  any  female,  who,  by  virtue  of  her  will,  should 
succeed  to  certain  estates  therein  mentioned.  The  ancient  estates 
of  the  elder  branches  of  the  Dodd  family  appear  to  have  passed  to 
the  female  line ;  as  is  the  case  with  so  many  ancient  families  in 
England. 

There  is  an  Edward  Dodd,  a  Fellow  of  one  of  the  English  Uni- 
versities, who  became  conspicuous  two  or  three  years  since,  for  the 
dignified  self-control  with  which  he  endured  an  assault  from  a 
fanatical  fellow  collegian.  His  behavior  was  much  like  that  of  the 
old  Puritan,  John  Dod,  in  somewhat  similar  circumstances. 

Passing  over  to  America,  we  find  three  of  the  name  of  Dod,  (as 


14  INTRODUCTION. 

it  was  then  always  spelled,)  among  the  earlier  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land, These  three  were :  Daniel  Dod,  who  appears  at  Branford, 
Conn.,  about  16-16 ;  George  Dod,  whom  we  find  at  Boston  a  little 
later;  and  Edward  Dod,  who  settled  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  about 
1700.  The  first  and  last  we  know  have  left  behind  them  a  numer- 
ous posterity,  and  so  we  presume  has  the  second.  From  these 
three  it  is  probable  the  far  greater  number  of  the  name  of  Dodd  in 
the  United  States  are  descended. 

Whether  Daniel,  George  and  Edward  were  related,  (that  is  to 
say,  so  nearly  related  as  to  recognize  each  other  as  kinsmen  ;  for 
men  of  a  common  descent  are  often  ignorant  of  their  relationship,  if 
remote,)  there  are  now,  we  suppose,  no  means  of  ascertaining.  It 
is  probable  enough,  however,  that  Daniel  and  George,  if  not  Ed- 
ward likewise,  were  brothers  or  near  kinsmen. 

The  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod,  of  Branford,  we  have  been  able 
to  trace  out  through  nearly  every  ramification.  They  amount  to 
hundreds,  and  are  found  in  nearly  all  the  States  of  the  Union. 
The  descendants  of  Edward  Dodd  are  also  known  to  be  numerous ; 
but  we  believe  no  full  account  of  them  has  yet  been  made,  though 
some  of  the  branches  are  able  to  trace  their  descent  up  in  an  un- 
broken line  to  their  ancestor  Edward.*  We  do  not  know  whether 
the  descendants  of  George  Dod,  of  Boston,  have  done  any  thing  in 
the  way  of  making  out  their  genealogy,  f 


*  Edward  Dodd,  of  Hartford. 

t  In  a  list  of  ijassengers  in  ships  bound  to  America  in  tlie  year  1635, 
occur  tlie  names  of  James  Dodd,  aged  17,  and  Geoi'ge  Dodd,  also  aged  17. 
They  came  over  in  different  shi]>s.  We  find  no  subsequent  mention  of  James. 
PossMy  he  found  his  way  to  Virginia.  The  early  records  of  Boston  give  the 
births  of  several  children  of  George  Dod  and  Mary  his  wife,  beginning  with 


TNTRODUCTION.  1^ 

Mr.  Samuel  Dodcl,  merchant  of  Hartford,  and  his  cousin  James 
Dodd,  have  obhgingly  furnished  us  a  statement  of  their  descent 
from  Edward  Dodd.  They  state,  that  Edward  came  to  Hartford  in 
1683,  in  his  19th  year,  with  hi?  sister,  who  afterwards  married  a 
Mr.  Eichards  of  Hartford.  This  date,  however,  must  be  erroneous, 
as  Samuel  Dodd  afterwards  states  that  Edward  died  1729,  aged  46 
years,  which  would  make  his  birth  1683.  Edward  was  the  son  of 
a  John  Dodd  of  Northamptonshire,  England.  He  married  Lydia 
Flowers  of  Hartford,  Aug.  2,  1705.  (We  take  this  date  from  the 
old  records  of  Hartford,  as  printed  in  the  New  England  Genealog- 
ical and  Historical  Eegister.)  They  had  ten  children,  four  of 
whom  were  sons,  viz.,  John,  born  1707 ;  Edward ;  Benjamin,  (who 
did  not  marry  ;)  and  Timothy.      The  second  Edward  married  Ee- 


a  son  Isaac,  born  3d  7tli  month,  1651,  after  whom  were  several  daughters. 
We  siipi^ose  many  of  the  Dodds  of  New  England,  and  of  course  those  of 
New  England  descent  in  other  parts  of  the  Union,  are  descended  from  George 
and  Mary.  There  was  a  George  Dod,  baker,  in  New  York,  who,  in  1703, 
made  a  will  in  favor  of  William  Chambers,  "  his  only  friend." 

In  a  list  of  prisoners  in  Canada,  in  1756,  occur  the  names  of  Joseph  and 
Thomas  Dodd,  fishermen  of  Mar)>lehead.  A  Thomas  Dodd  of  Falmouth,  now 
Portland,  Maine,  married  Al)igail  Blackstone,  1755.  Another  Thomas  Dodd 
was  married  not  far  from  the  same  year  in  the  old  Dutch.  Church  in  New 
York.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Dodd,  of  the  Mission  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  in 
China,  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ningpo,  Nov.  3,  1861.  Probably 
he  was  from  New  England. 

There  are  also  Dodds  in  the  Southern  States,  tracing  their  descent  to  early 
residents  of  Virginia.  Whether  these  last  came  from  New  England,  or  di- 
rectly from  England,  it  seems  impossil)le  now  to  ascertain.  Finding  in  the 
list  of  Postmasters,  Henry  Dodd  of  Boiling  Springs,  Spartanburg  D.,  South 
Carolina,  and  Benjamin  T.  Dodd  of  Eaton,  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn.,  we  sent  circu- 
lars to  each,  (the  year  before  communication  with  those  States  was  cut  oft",)  and 
elicited  the  following  informatitm :  Allen  Dodd,  wheelwright,  of  Fauquier 
Co.,  Virginia,  (supposed  to  be  of  Welch  descent,)  had  two  sons,  John  and 
Nathaniel,  with  whom  he  removed  to  Eockingham  Co.,  N.  C,  where  he  died 


16  INTRODUCTION. 

becca  Barnard,  March  14,  1744,  and  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
were  four  sons — John,  born  1745 ;  Elisha,  1747 ;  Edward,  1749 ;  and 
Ashbel,  1758.  John,  of  Edward  2d,  had  John  and  Henry  ;  and  by 
a  second  wife,  James,  born  June  10,  1786,  now  living.  He  has 
four  sons,  one  John  Dodd,  at  Quincy,  111,,  the  others  at  Hartford. 
Elisha,  of  Edward  2d,  had  Elisha,  Josiah,  Edward,  Charles  and 
Samuel,  (our  informant,  the  only  survivor,  born  1796.)  Edward, 
of  Elisha,  was  a  sea  captain,  the  other  four  merchants. 

Samuel  Dodd  has  three  sons :  William  Henry  Dodd  of  Hartford, 


about  the  end  of  the  last  century.  Nathaniel  remained  in  Rockingham,  while 
John  removed  to  Spartanburg  D.,  S.  C,  and  afterwards  to  Tennessee,  and 
died  in  1841,  aged  74.  He  had  sons,  Allen  Dodd  of  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn.,  (father 
of  Benj.  T.)  Nathaniel  Dodd  of  Providence,  Boone  Co.,  Mo.,  Henry  Dodd  of 
Spartanburg  District,  South  Carolina,  John  Jefferson  Dodd  of  Gordon  Co., 
Georgia,  and  William  Dodd,  who  died  aliout  1857,  in  Spartanburg  District, 
leaving  a  son  John.  The  Allen  Dodd  of  Virginia,  who  was  father  of  tliis 
family,  must  have  been  born  about  1740. 

Other  families  of  the  name  have  been  found  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 
For  instance,  in  Rose,  Wayne  Co.,  New  York,  is  a  Zachariah  Dodd,  who  has 
sons  William,  Zachariah  and  Asa,  and  several  daughters.  A  Mr.  Dodd,  said 
to  be  a  connection  of  this  family,  was,  in  Sept.,  1860,  struck  with  a  fatal 
paralysis,  while  in  the  act  of  delivering  an  evening  lecture  in  Victory,  in  the 
same  county. 

About  a  year  since,  a  letter  came  addressed  to  George  A.  Dodd,  Esq.,  of 
Orange,  (deceased  before  the  letter  arrived,)  from  a  Mrs.  Thomas  P.  Laverty, 
of  Milwaukee,  stating  that  she  had  a  brother  of  that  name,  of  whom  she  had 
not  heard  in  twenty  years ;  and  seeing  the  name  in  "  an  insurance  book" 
wrote  to  inquire  if  he  was  her  In'other.  Her  maiden  name  was  Maria  .Jane 
Dodd,  and  her  father  lived  in  New  Jersey  ;  but  she  does  not  give  his  Chris- 
tian name  and  we  wrote  for  fuller  information,  which,  however,  never  came. 
We  are  thus  unable  to  connect  with  any  known  branch  of  the  descendants  of 
Daniel  Dod,  Mrs.  Laverty,  her  brother  George  A.  Dodd,  her  two  older  sisters, 
one  of  whom  married  a  Crawford,  or  her  cousin  Julia  Dodd,  who  lived  in 
New  York,  and  married  a  Rolestane.  Mrs.  Laverty  had  a  daughter  in  Mil- 
waukee, Mrs.  R.  A.  Clifford.  It  seems,  then,  there  were  Dodds  even  in  New 
Jersey,  who  were  not  descended  from  Daniel  of  Branford. 


INTRODUCTION.  17 

artist;  Thomas  B.  Dockl  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  merchant;  and  Samuel 
Dodd,  Jr.,  of  Meriden,  Conn.,  cashier. 

Of  the  Ilartford  family  is  also  Hon.  Edward  Dodd,  lately  mem- 
ber of  Congress,  of  Argyle,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.  lie  informs 
us  that  his  grandfather  was  Edward  Dodd  of  Hartford ;  probably 
the  Edward  named  above  as  the  third  son  of  the  second  Edward. 
This  Edward  3d  had  three  sons,  (we  omit  daughters  for  want  of 
room,)  William  Dodd,  merchant  of  Hartford,  (father  of  William 
Dodd  of  Cincinnati,)  Henry  Dodd,  printer,  of  Salem,  N.  Y.,  and 
Thomas  Dodd,  goldsmith,  of  Hartford,  all  deceased.  Hon.  Edward 
Dodd,  son  of  Henry,  the  printer,  had  but  one  child,  Henry  Ste- 
vens Dodd.  He  had  brothers  who  died  unmarried.  There  appear 
to  be  many  other  descendants  of  the  first  Edward  Dodd  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  It  would  seem  that  Benjamin  Dodd  of  Bos- 
ton, and  his  brother,  Freeman  Dodd  of  Water  street,  N.  Y,,  refer 
their  descent  to  the  Hartford  family. 

Of  those  who  spell  the  name  Dodds,  we  shall  only  make  note 
of  Thomas  Dodds  of  Newark,  He  was  one  of  the  vestrj^men  of 
Trinity  Church,  and  died  in  the  beginning  of  the  year  1812.  His 
widow,  Mary,  survived  him  many  years,  dying  in  March,  18-15, 
in  her  90th  year. 

In  a  catalogue  of  Text  Books,  published  by  Sheldon  &  Co.,  of 
New  York,  we  find  a  Mathematical  Series^  by  Prof.  James  B.  Dodd, 
A.M.,  late  Morrison  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philos- 
oi)hy  in-  Transylvania  University,  Lexington,  Ky.  We  have 
not  been  able  to  learn  either  his  descent  or  even  his  present 
residence. 

These  particulars  respecting  families  of  the  name  of  Dodd  who 
do   not  belong  to  the  house  of  Daniel  of  Branford,  we  place  on 


18  INTRODUCTION. 

record   hoping  that  they  may  be  useful  to  persons  of  the  name 
laboring  to  make  out  their  own  genealogies. 

Note. — There  was  a  B.  Dod  among  the  leading  booksellers  of  London  in 
1754.  We  find  also  James  Dod  and  Mrs.  Dodd  among  the  snbscril^ers  to  a 
translation  of  the  Hymns  of  Callimachus,  1755,  by  William  Dodd,  B.  A.,  the 
same  who  was  afterwards  executed  for  forgery.*  Thus  it  appears  that  the 
change  of  spelling  from  Dod  to  Dodd  was  becoming  general  in  England  a 
century  ago.  In  this  coimtry  very  few  retain  the  old  spelling  Dod,  except 
the  descendants  of  Lebbeus  Dod  of  Mendham  ;  but  in  old  records  before  the 
Revolution,  so  far  as  I  have  observed,  the  name  is  uniformly  sijelled  Dod. 


It  is  unnecessary  to  follow  the  plan  of  Eev.  Stephen  Dodd,  in 
giving  an  account  of  the  first  settlement  of  Southampton,  of  Bran- 
ford,  and  of  Newark.  It  does  not  appear  that  any  person  of  the 
name  of  Dodd  ever  settled  at  Southampton,  and  as  for  Branford 
and  Newark,  the  narrative  in  Stearns'  History  of  the  First  Church 
of  Newark  leaves  so  little  to  desire  that  we  cannot  do  better  than 
refer  cur  readers  to  that  work.  We  confine  ourselves,  therefore, 
to  the  fortunes  of  Daniel  Dod  and  his  descendants,  with  some  gen- 
eral observations  concerning  his  associates. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  the  early  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land were,  with  very  few  exceptions,  pious,  sober  and  conscientious. 


*  Dr.  Abraham  Coles,  of  Newark,  partner  of  Dr.  B.  L.  Dodd,  has  a  line  copy  of 
this  earlj  work  of  the  unfortunate  William  Dodd.  The  notes  display  great  learning 
and  research. 


INTRODUCTION.  19 

They  were  professors  of  religion  at  a  time  when  making  such 
profession  exposed  them  to  loss  and  exile.  By  the  wind  of  trial 
the  chaff  was  winnowed  from  the  wheat,  A  people  fit  to  conquer 
the  wilderness  and  the  savage  tenants  of  the  wilderness — fearing 
God  and  their  own  consciences,  not  man — was  gleaned  from  the 
best  of  that  Anglo-Saxon  race  which  for  two  centuries  has  taken 
the  foremost  part  in  the  world's  history,  and  the  peculiar  circum- 
stances of  the  first  settlement  of  Newark  led  to  a  second  sifting 
from  among  the  best  even  of  New  England, 

The  name  of  Daniel  Dod  first  appears  at  Branford  about  the 
year  1646.  He  was  then,  doubtless,  a  young  married  man,  having 
a  wife,  Mary,  and  after  a  few  years  several  sons  and  daughters  sat 
round  his  table.  Whence  he  came  to  Branford  the  records  give 
no  indication.  The  most  probable  conjecture  is,  that  he  was  one 
of  the  twenty  thousand  emigrants  who  poured  into  Massachusetts, 
chiefly  Boston,  between  the  years  1630  and  1640,  and  from  Boston 
and  vicinity  were  distributed  along  the  coast  and  rivers  of  New 
England, 

The  lot  of  the  pioneer  was  one  of  toil,  hardship  and  privation. 
The  forests  must  be  made  to  bow  before  his  arm ;  his  rude  log  cabin, 
even  with  the  heaped  up  fires  that  blazed  in  its  ample  chimney, 
hardly  sufficed  to  keep  comfortable  one  accustomed  to  the  much 
milder  winters  of  his  native  land.  His  fare  was  generally  coarse, 
often  scanty ;  for  the  work  of  bringing  the  wilderness  under  cultiva- 
tion was  slow,  and  some  crops  uncertain.  Daniel  Dod  and  his  wife 
sunk  early  under  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life.  The  wife  died  in 
1657,  leaving  six  small  children,  the  youngest  but  three  weeks 
old.  The  husband  followed  her  in  1665-6,  Of  the  children  thus 
left  orphanSj  four  joined  themselves  to  the  company  of  their  kin- 


20  INTRODUCTION. 

dred,  friends  and  neighbors,  whicb,  with  their  venerable  pastor  at 
their  head,  was  about  to  seek  a  new  home  in  the  wilderness,  on 
the  banks  of  the  Passaic. 

It  seems  probable  that  at  the  death  of  Daniel  Dod,  both  of  his 
two  oldest  children,  Mary  and  Anna,  were  already  married.  Mary, 
we  know,  was  the  wife  of  Aaron  Blatchley ;  and  three  of  her 
brothers,  including  Samuel,  the  little  one,  came  with  her  and  her 
husband  to  Newark,  and  remained  there,  though  the  Blatchley s, 
after  a  few  years,  returned  to  Connecticut.  Anna  seems  to  have 
married  a  Fowler  of  Guilford,  and  kept  with  her,  her  young  brother 
Stephen.  Thus  the  family  was  early  divided.  But  Daniel,  the 
eldest  son  of  Stephen,  when  he  grew  up,  removed  to  Newark ; 
and  as  the  male  line  of  his  brother,  Samuel  of  Guilford,  failed,  all 
the  existing  branches  in  the  male  line  of  the  descendants  of  Daniel 
Dod  came  in  this  way  to  be  of  Newark  descent. 

The  early  Dodds  soon  left  the  village  of  Newark  to  settle  on  the 
fertile  lands  in  what  is  still  called  Dodd  Town,  between  Orange  and 
Bloomfield.  As  they  multiplied,  and  became  straitened  for  want 
of  room,  they  removed  over  the  mountains  to  Caldwell  and  Mend- 
ham.  It  was  not  till  after  the  Eevolution  that  they  began  to  seek 
new  homes  in  the  remote  West.  Eev.  Thaddeus  Dod  was  one  of 
the  first  of  the  family  to  cross  the  Alleghanies.  Many  others  have 
since  followed ;  and  now  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod  are  found  from 
New  England  to  California,  and  even  in  tropical  Cuba. 

The  following  table  will  show  how  many  descendants  of 
Daniel  Dod,  in  the  direct  male  line,  are  recorded  in  this  work. 
There,  doubtless,  were  many  others  whose  names  we  have  not  ob- 
tained, either  because  they  died  young,  and  the  records  are  lost,  or 
because  they  belong  to  branches,  (as  that  of  Joseph,  grandson  of 


INTRODUCTION. 


21 


Timothy  ;  or  Stephen,  grandson  of  Stephen,  jr.,)  which  have  strayed 
away  to  parts  unknown.  In  several  cases,  also,  there  are  probably 
sons  born  since  our  last  information  was  received : 


TnhJe  sliowing  the  ichole  number  of  Male   Desce/ulatits  of  Nine    Generations, 
heginning  with  Daniel  Dod  of  Bnmford. 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

1 

4 

7 

Thomas 

7 

13 

8 

8 

Dauielf 

Isaac      .    .            

5 

7 

17 

18 

25 
32 

19 

1^ 

5 

Joseph 

Mosest 

Amos 

3 
2 

3 

G 

8 

12 

14 
13 

28 

6 

1 

16 

Calel) 

Nathaniel 

Silasf 

Stephen,  jr 

Joshua 

Jolin 

David 

3 

4 

2 

f) 
5 
2 

9 
0 

6 

7 

14 
8 

1 

13 
11 

16 
13 

52 

8 

kuowu. 

3 

7 
8 

100 
6 

Stephen,  of  Mendham .... 
.John  the  carpenter    

12 

Timothy 

Samuelf 

EI:)cnezert 

Samuel  3d 

3 
3 

8 

20 

Aaron 

Jonathant 

1 

4 

7 

31 

56 

133 

253 

191 

17 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  branch  of  Stephen  of  Mendham,  is  by 
far  the  most  numerous,  especially  the  family  of  his  son  Daniel ; 
one  reason  for  which  may  be,  that  most  of  this  branch  early  re- 
moved to  the  West,  and  thus  had  more  room  to  expand. 

Of  these,  the  first  five  generations  have  wholly  passed  away. 
Samuel  2d,  who  died  1773,  in  his  78th  year,  is  supposed  to  have 
been  the  last  survivor  of  the  third  generation.  His  son  Aaron, 
who  died  1821,  at  the  age  of  83,  was  probably  the  last  survivor  of 


22  INTRODUCTION.  • 

the  fourth  generation.  Of  the  fifth  generation,  there  were  several 
living  within  a  few  years.  The  last  survivor,  it  is  believed,  was 
Joseph,  son  of  Stephen  and  Ruth,  who  died  in  Wisconsin  in  1860, 
aged  76.  Jairus,  son  of  Deacon  Isaac ;  Daniel  and  Allen,  sons  of 
Joseph ;  Daniel  and  Amos,  sons  of  Captain  Amos ;  and  David,  son 
of  David,  all  died  at  an  advanced  age,  between  the  years  1850  and 
1860. 

Of  the  133,  whose  names  we  have,  belonging  to  the  sixth  gener- 
ation, forty-five  are  living,  (or  were  when  last  heard  from,)  the 
eldest  being  Stephen  Dodd,  of  Illinois,  son  of  Parmenas  of  Mend- 
ham  ;  and  Thaddeus  Dodd,  son  of  Parmenas  of  Bloomfield — both 
of  whom,  if  yet  living,  are  nearly  eighty  ;  and  the  youngest,  Daniel 
Dodd,  son  of  Joseph,  of  Wisconsin,  who  is  only  forty. 

Of  the  253,  whose  names  we  have  recorded,  as  belonging  to  the 
seventh  generation,  208  were  living  at  our  last  advices.  The  oldest 
of  this  generation  is  sixty-five ;  not  more  than  one  or  two  others 
have  seen  three  score  years,  and  some  are  yet  in  the  cradle.  The 
list  of  this  generation,  therefore,  is  not  yet  complete.  Judging 
from  the  rate  of  increase  shown  by  the  previous  generations,  the 
number  of  this  generation  may  be  expected  to  reach  275,  or  even 
300,  when  the  blanks  in  our  list  are  all  filled. 

Of  the  191  whose  names  we  have,  belonging  to  the  eighth  gen- 
eration, 169  were  living  when  last  heard  from.  The  oldest  of  this 
generation  is  but  about  forty,  and  only  about  fifty  of  the  whole 
number  are  of  the  age  of  21  and  upwards.  It  will  be  many  years 
before  the  list  of  this  generation  is  closed,  and  then  the  number  of 
names  will  probably  be  not  far  from  600. 

The  ninth  generation  is  just  beginning  to  come  into  being.  We 
know  of  only  one  little  boy  living,  (some  others  having  died,)  in 


INTRODUCTION.  23 

the  line  of  Deacon  Isaac ;  and  eight  living,  whose  names  we  have, 
(the  oldest  of  whom  is  about  eighteen  years  old,)  in  the  line  of 
Daniel,  son  of  Stephen,  of  Mendham.  There  seems  to  be  several 
others  whose  names  we  have  not  obtained.  This  generation  is 
probably  destined  to  number  a  thousand  by  the  beginning  of  the 
next  century. 

Summing  up  the  living  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod,  in  the  direct 
male  line,  so  far  as  now  known  to  us,  we  have : 

Sixth  generation 45 — of  whom  are  adults 45 

Seventh      "         208      "      *'        "        "       170 

Eighth        "         169      "      "        "        "       50 

Ninth          "         9      "       "        "        "        — 

431  265 

Though  some  few  of  these  have  died  since  our  last  advices,  yet  a 
much  larger  number  have  doubtless  been  born,  and  there  are  many 
whose  names  we  have  not  obtained.  We  think  it  safe  to  estimate 
the  living  men  and  boys  of  the  name  of  Dodd  (or  Dod)  descended 
from  Daniel  of  Branford,  at  five  hundred  in  this  year,  1863  ;  about 
half  of  whom  are  adults ;  and  probably  200  heads  of  families.  The 
descendants  in  the  female  line,  were  it  possible  to  reckon  them  up, 
would  probably  be  found  to  amount  to  more  than  ten  times  that 
number.* 


*  As  there  are,  on  an  average,  in  each  generation,  about  as  many  daughters 
as  sons,  the  rate  of  increase  of  all  the  descendants,  the  female  line  included, 
will  be  double  the  rate  of  increase  of  the  male  line  alone.  Thus  if  the  male 
line  doubles  in  a  generation,  (or  30  years)  the  male  and  female  line  together 
will  qufidruple  in  a  generation  ;  and  an  increase,  in  3  or  4  generations,  of  ten 
fold  in  the  male  line  will  imply  an  increase  of  a  hundred  fold  in  the  whole 
family,  male  and  female.  This  calculation  is,  however,  affected  by  intemiar- 
riages,  and  as  these  have  been  rather  frequent,  many  descendants  aj^pcar  both 
in  the  male  and  female  lines. 


24  INTRODUCTION. 

Just  two  centuries  ago,  (in  1663,)  the  male  members  of  the 
family  were  five,  (a  father  and  four  sons).  The  increase,  then,  has 
been  one  hundred  fold  in  two  hundred  years,  equal  to  ten  fold 
every  hundred  years.  If  this  rate  of  increase  holds,  there  will  be 
five  thousand  males  of  the  name  of  Dodd  descended  from  Daniel, 
in  the  year  1963,  and  such  copies  of  this  work  as  shall  survive  the 
wear  and  tear  of  a  century,  will  then  be  sought  for  not  merely  by 
thousands  of  the  name  of  Dodd,  but  also  by  many  thousands 
besides,  who  will  trace  their  descent  to  the  Dodds  in  the  female 
line. 

Of  the  descendants  of  Daniel  Dod,  the  following  have  been  in 
the  Gospel  ministry: 

DECEASED.  LIVING. 

Line  of  Thomas,  Rev.  John  F.  Dodd,    Newark  Conference. 

Line  of  Isa^ic,        Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  Rev.  John  Dodd,         Wyoniiui^  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Line  of  Josc])h,  Rev.  Edward  M.  Dodd,  Smyrna,  Turlvey. 

Line  of  Joshua,     Rev.  Bethucl  Dodd. 

Line  of  John,  Rev.  Stephen  G.  Dodd,  Randolph.  Mass. 

T  inp  nf  '^fo7iliPn  (  ^^^-  Thaddeus  Dod,  Rev.  William  Dod. 

^f  Mp^h?  ,T.^    \  Kev.  Cephas  Dod,  Rev.  Charles  L.  Dod,  Jackson,  Teun. 

oi  menauam,  |  j^^^  ^^.^j.  ^pj^rt  B.  Dod,  Rev.  William  A.  Dod,  Princeton. 

Rev.  Luther  Dodd,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Augustus  V.  Dodd,  Polo,  111. 

There  are,  in  our  record,  six  physicians,  (besides  three  or  four 
deceased,)  viz :  Dr.  Isaac  D.  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  Dr.  Bethuel  L. 
Dodd  of  Newark,  Dr.  Thaddeus  Dodd  and  Dr.  Elias  F.  Dodd  of 
Western  Pennsylvania,  Dr.  John  B.  Dod  of  Cuba,  and  Dr.  Stephen 
B.  Dodd  of  Martinsburg,  Ohio. 

The  number  of  lawyers  is,  we  believe,  less  than  of  either  clergy- 
men or  physicians.  Daniel  Dodd  and  Amzi  Dodd  are  of  high 
repute  at  the  Newark  bar.  The  former  was  several  years  an  alder- 
man of  Newark,  and  the  latter  is  now  (1863)  a  member  of  the  New 
Jersey  Legislature  from  Bloomfield.  Besides  these,  we  only  recol- 
lect Samuel  C.  T.  Dodd,  of  Franklin,  Pa. 


INTRODUCTION.  25 

Most  if  not  all  the  above  were  men  of  collegiate  education  ;  and 
three  or  more  are,  or  were,  professors  in  colleges.  It  would  appear, 
then,  that  of  the  adult  members  of  the  Dodd  family,  about  one  in 
fifteen  belong  to  the  three  learned  professions.  Certai^ily  the  family 
has  furnished  more  than  its  proportion  of  men  of  superior  talent 
and  education,  and  especially  of  clergymen. 

But  it  is  a  still  greater  honor  to  the  family  that,  as  a  general  rule, 
it  has  maintained  during  two  centuries  the  old  Puritan  characteris- 
tics of  piety  and  morality ;  of  energy  and  thrift ;  of  honesty  and 
benevolence,  which  distinguish  so  honorably  the  best  of  the  de- 
scendants of  the  pilgrim  fathers  of  New  England. 

The  family  has  likewise  been  honorably  distinguished  for  patriot- 
ism. All  of  the  name  who  were  of  age  to  bear  arms,  it  is  believed, 
periled  their  lives  for  their  country  in  the  revolutionary  struggle, 
and  several  served  as  officers  of  the  militia,  at  a  time  when  the 
whole  body  of  the  militia,  in  this  part  of  the  State,  was  frequently 
called  into  active  and  dangerous  service.  And  in  the  dreadful  civil 
war  in  which  we  are  now  engaged,  several  of  the  descendants  of 
Daniel  Dod  are  risking  their  lives  for  their  country,  some  as  officers 
and  others  in  the  ranks  of  our  brave  volunteers. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  immense  sacrifices  of  treasure  and  blood,  of 
comfort  and  of  family  ties,  which  we  are  now  required  to  make  for 
our  country,  are  not  to  be  in  vain ;  aiid  that  the  Dodd  family  of  a 
century  hence,  rising  with  the  country  they  aided  to  wrest  from  the 
savages  and  the  wilderness,  and  to  defend  from  foreign  foes  and 
domestic  traitors,  will  find  themselves  prosperous,  honored  and 
useful  citizens  of  the  greatest  nation  on  the  earth  ;  preserving  alike 
on  the  farm  and  in  the  workshop ;  in  the  college,  and  in  the  pulpit; 
at  the  bar,  and  in  the  halls  of  legislation,  the  manly  and  pious 
characteristics  of  their  New  England  ancestry. 


26 


INTRODUCTION. 


ORDER    OF    ARRANGEMENT. 

In  order  to  secure  a  systematic  arrangement  of  the  work,  and 
to  facilitate  reference,  we  will  divide  the  genealogical  matter  into 
three  Parts,  corresponding  to  the  three  main  branches  of  our 
Genealogical  Tree,  viz :  those  of  Daniel  2d,  Stephen  of  Guilford, 
and  Samuel  1st,  (the  second  branch,  that  of  Ebenezer,  having  been 
cut  off  abruptly.)  Each  Part  will  also  be  divided  into  Sections, 
according  to  the  number  of  the  great-grandsons  of  Daniel  1st, 
These  having  lived,  in  most  cases,  to  a  time  recent  enough  to  be 
remembered  by  persons  yet  living,  it  is  probable  that  many  will 
know  enough  of  their  descent  to  be  able  to  recognise  their  ances- 
tor in  one  of  the  names  in  the  last  column  of  the  following  list, 
in  which  the  Sons  of  Daniel  1st  are  placed  in  the  second  column, 
his  Grandsons  in  the  third,  and  his  Great-grandsons  in  the  fourth : 


Daniel  Ist. 


II. 


Daniel  3d. 


fEbenezer. . 
Stephen . . . 


Samuel  Ist 


Daniel  3d. 


Stephen... 

(the  Cuoper) 


John 

Daniel. . . . 

(of  Guilford) 

JSamuel.... 

(of  Ouilfoid) 

Samuel  3d 
t  Jonathan . 


IV. 

Date  of  Death.  Age. 

Thomas 181.5  92 

tDaniel  4th 1795  70 

Isaac 1804  76 

Joseph 1789  58 

tMoses,  (died  young.) 

Amos 1811  74 

Caleb about  1780  40 

Nathaniel 

tSilas 

Stephen,  Jr about  1797  about  60 

Joshua 

John,  the  Assessor 1795  69 

David 1817  8;i 

Stephen  of  Mendham. .  about  1760  57 

John,  the  Carpenter 1768  57 

Timothy about  1761 

JEbenezer 1783  77 

tSamuel 1751  44 

Samuel  3d 1795  59 

tAaron 1831  83 

t  Jonathan 


INTRODUCTION.  27 

From  this  table  it  will  be  seen  that  Daniel  1st  had  four  sons, 
seven  grandsons,  and  twenty-one  great-grandsons.  Omitting  those 
marked  f  who  died  without  children,  and  those  marked  %  who 
have  descendants,  if  any,  in  the  female  line  only,  there  remain 
fourteen  great-grandsons  of  Daniel  1st,  namely,  five  sons  of  Daniel 
3d,  three  sons  of  Stephen  the  cooper,  two  sons  of  John  1st — mak- 
ing ten  great-grandsons  derived  through  Daniel  2d,  the  eldest  son  ; 
three  sons  of  Guilford  Daniel,  making  three  great-grandsons 
derived  through  Stephen  the  second  son  ;  and  one  son  of  Samuel 
2d,  being  one  great-grandson  derived  through  Samuel  1st,  the 
youngest  son  of  Daniel  1st. 

Now  as  the  number  of  Great-grandsons  constituting  the  heads  of 
the  living  representatives  of  Daniel  of  Branford,  in  the  direct  male 
line,  are  ascertained  to  be  fourteen,  we  make  the  number  of  Sec- 
tions fourteen.  It  will  be  seen  in  the  scheme  hereafter  given,  that 
Part  I.  comprehends  all  the  Descendants  of  Daniel  1st,  through  the 
line  of  Daniel  2c?,  the  eldest  son  of  Daniel  1st.  Daniel  2d  had  three 
sons ;  so  to  facilitate  reference  and  prevent  confusion,  these  are 
made  the  basis  of  three  Divisions  of  this  Part — Division  1st  being 
made  to  embrace  all  the  descendants  in  the  line  of  Daniel  3rf,  oldest 
son  of  Daniel  2d ;  Division  2d,  all  those  in  the  line  of  Stephen^  second 
son  of  Daniel  2d ;  Division  8d,  all  in  the  line  of  John,  third  son  of 
Daniel  2d.  Part  II.  comprises  all  the  descendants  of  Stephen  of 
Guilford,  third  son  of  Daniel  1st,  through  the  line  of  Daniel  of  Quilfoi'd, 
oldest  son  of  said  Stephen.  Part  III.  includes  all  the  descendants 
of  Samuel  1st,  youngest  son  of  Daniel  1st,  through  the  line  of  Samuel 
2d,  oldest  son  of  Samuel  1st.  As  neither  Stephen  of  Guilford,  nor 
Samuel  1st  had  more  than  one  son  now  represented  by  descend- 
ants in  the  direct  male  line.  Parts  II.  and  III.  are  without  Divisions, 


28  INTRODUCTION. 

none  being  required.  The  tabular  view,  at  the  end  of  the  Intro- 
duction, besides  showing  the  plan  of  the,Fork,  may  serve  likewise 
as  a  convenient  Index  to  the  main  Contents  of  the  volume.  The 
notices  of  the  broken  or  extinct  branches  are  inserted  in  their  places 
between,  or  at  the  end  of  the  Sections. 

The  following  list  of  some  of  the  representatives  of  each  branch 
may  afford  further  aid  in  ascertaining  to  what  Section  any  member 
of  the  family  belongs : 

1.  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  3d,  is  represented  by  Robert 
Dod,  and  Alexander  P.  Dodd  of  Newark,  Rev.  John  F.  Dodd,  and 
others.     Part  I.,  Division  I,  Section  I. 

2.  Deacon  Isaac,  represented  by  Ira  Dodd,  Horace  Dodd,  and 
Dr.  Isaac  D.  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  Rev.  John  Dodd  of  Genesee  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Benj.  L.  Dodd,  ex-alderman  of  Newark,  Stephen  H.  Dodd 
of  Philadelphia,  Moses  W.  Dodd,  bookseller,  New  York,  and  many 
others.     Part  L,  Division  I,  Section  II. 

3.  Joseph,  represented  by  Matthias  M.  Dodd  of  East  Orange,  Dr. 
Bethuel  L.  Dodd  of  Newark,  John  W.  Dodd,  lately  State  Auditor 
of  Indiana,  Zophar  B,  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  Rev.  Edward  M.  Dodd, 
Missionary  at  Smyrna,  Daniel  Dodd,  lawyer  and  ex-alderman  of 
Newark,  and  many  others.     Part  I.,  Division  I.,  Section  HI. 

4.  Amos,  represented  by  Isaac  N.  Dodd,  David  C.  Dodd,  Sen'r, 
David  C.  Dodd,  Jun'r,  (the  latter  recently  an  alderman  of  New- 
ark,) and  others.     Part  I.,  Division  I.,  Section  IV. 

5.  Caleb,  represented  by  Elijah  Dodd,  and  others,  in  northwest- 
ern Ohio.     Part  I.,  Section  V. 

6.  Nathaniel,  represented  by  David  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  Stephen 


INTRODUCTION.  29 

Dodd  of  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Iscaac  Dodd  of  Williamsport,  Maryland, 
Nathaniel  E.  Dodd  of  West  Bloomfield,  and  others.  Part  I.,  Di- 
vision II.,  Section  VI. 

7.  Stephen,  Jr.,  represented  by  Harrison  Dodd  of  Bradford  Co., 
Pa.,  John  W.  Dodd  of  Walworth  Co.,  Wisconsin,  and  others.  Part 
I.,  Division  II.,  Section  VII. 

8.  Joshua,  represented  by  the  late  Matthias  Dodd  of  Bloomfield, 
the  late  William  B.  Dodd  of  Newark,  and  others.  Part  I.,  Division 
II.,  Section  VIII. 

9.  John,  the  Assessor,  represented  by  Amzi  Dodd,  lawyer,  of 
Newark,  Calvin  Dodd  of  Doddtown,  Orange,  the  late  Alderman 
E.  Monroe  Dodd  of  Newark,  Samuel  M.  Dodd  of  St.  Louis,  the 
late  Capt  Samuel  U.  Dodd  of  Orange,  and  others.  Part  I,,  Divis- 
ion III.,  Section  IX. 

10.  David,  represented  by  Joseph  C.  Dodd,  Josiah  F.  Dodd,  of 
Doddtown,  and  others.     Part  L,  Division  III.,  Section  X. 

11.  Stephen,  (of  Mendham,)  represented  by  Jacob  S.  Dod  of 
Newark,  Rev.  William  A.  Dod  of  Princeton,  Ezra  K.  Dod  of 
Cuba,  Dr.  Elias  F.  Dodd  of  Van  Buren,  Pa.,  Dr.  Stephen  B.  Dodd 
of  Martinsburg,  0.,  Rev.  Luther  Dodd  of  Toledo,  Iowa,  Levi 
Dodd  of  Venango  Co.,  Pa.,  and  many  others.  This  branch  being 
the  most  numerous  of  all,  is  subdivided  into  four  families.  Part 
II.,  Section  XI. 

12.  John,  the  carpenter,  represented  by  Hiram  Dodd  of  Living- 
ston, Aaron  Dodd  of  Orange,  Henry  L.  Dodd  of  New  York  city, 
and  others.     Part  IL,  Section  XII. 

13.  Timothy,  represented  by  the  sons  of  a  Joseph  Dodd,  who 
went  west  sixty  years  ago.     Part  IL,  Section  XIIL 


30  INTRODUCTION. 

14.  Samuel  3d,  represented  by  Abner  Dodd  of  Newark,  William 
B,  Dodd  of  St.  Peters,  Minnesota,  John  M.  Dodd  of  New  York, 
the  late  Samuel  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  and  others.  Part  III.,  Sec- 
tion XIV. 

The  "representatives"  are  taken  very  much  at  random,  as  the 
first  that  occurred,  and  are  named  merely  to  enable  others  to  judge 
where  to  look  for  their  own  genealogy. 


EXPLANATORY    NOTE. 

Persons  descended  one  from  another  successively,  form  a  direct  line ;  those 
descended  from  a  common  progenitor  but  not  from  one  another,  a  collateral 
line.  Members  forming  the  first  7  degrees  in  a  direct  ascending  line,  were  call- 
ed by  the  Romans,  ^ato' (father — 1st  degree);  ««)ms  (grandfather — 2d  degree) ; 
proamis  (great-grandfiither — 3d  degree) ;  ahavus  (4th  degree)  ;  atavus  (5th  de- 
gree) ;  tritavus  (6th  degree)  ;  protritamis  (7th  degree).  The  corresponding  7 
mem])crs  in  a  descending  line  were  called ^Zi«/s  (son,  1st  degree);  nepos  (grand- 
son, 2d  degree) ;  pronepos  (great-grandson,  3d  degree)  ;  ahnepos  (4th  degree) ; 
atnepos  (5th  degree) ;  trinepos  (Gth  degree)  ;  protrinepos  (7th  degree).  Those 
above  and  below  the  7th  degree  were  termed  respectively  majores  (ancestors) ; 
and  posteri  (posterity).  The  number  of  degrees,  it  will  be  seen,  does  not 
include  the  person  from  whom  we  begin.  The  same  is  the  case  in  counting 
the  degrees  of  a  collateral  line ;  two  cousins,  for  instance,  are  said  to  be  at 
the  4th  degree  from  each  other,  there  Ijcing  four  i)ersons,  the  cousins  and 
their  parents,  l^esides  the  common  progenitor  or  head.  The  collateral  line 
embraces  the  agnates,  or  the  kindred  on  the  father's  side ;  and  cognates,  or 
the  kindred  on  the  mother's  side. 


CONTENTS. 


PART      FIRST. 

Descendants  of  Daniel  2d,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  ist. 

Division  1st— Grandson  Daniel  3d,  oldest  son  of  Daniel  2d. 
Sec.  I.      Great  Grandson  Thomas,  1st  son  of  Daniel  3d,  and  his  descendants. 


t  Daniel, 

,2d 

u 

u 

(no  children.) 

Sec.  II. 

Isaac, 

3d 

u 

a 

and  his  descendants, 

Sec.  III. 

Joseph, 

4th 

(( 

« 

u                   u 

t  Moses, 

5th 

u 

u 

(died  in  youth.) 

Sec.  IV. 

Amos, 

6th 

u 

it 

and  his  descendants. 

Sec.  V. 

Caleb, 

7th 

1( 

u 

u                  u 

Division  2d — Grandson  Stephen,  surnamed  the  Cooper,  second 
son  of  Daniel  2d. 

Sec.  VI.    Great  Grandson  Nathaniel,  1st  son  of  Stejihen,  and  his  descendants. 

t  Silas,  2d        "  "        (no  males.) 

Sec.  VII.     "  "  Stephen,      3d       "         "        and  his  descendants. 

Sec.  VIII.    "  "  Joshua,       4th       "         "  "  " 

Division  3d — Grandson  John,  third  son  of  Daniel  2d. 

Sec.  IX.    Great  Grandson  John,  (surnamed  the  assessor,)  1st  son  of  John,  and 

his  descendants. 

Sec.  X.         "  "       David,  2d  son  of  John,  and  his  descendants. 


32  CONTENTS. 

PART       SECOND. 

Descendants  of  Stephen  of  Guilford,  third  son  of  Daniel  ist. 

Grandson  Daniel  of  Guilford,  first  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford. 

Sec.  XI.    Great  Graudson  Stephen  of  Mendham,  1st  son  of  Daniel  of  Guilford 

and  his  descendants. 

Sec.  XII.      "  "         John,  tlie  carpenter,      2d        "  ^        "  " 

Sec.  XIII.    "  "         Timothy,  3d        "  " 

Grandson  %  Samuel,  second  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford. 

Great  Grandson  X  Ebenezer,  eldest  son  of  Samuel,  (no  males.) 
"  "  t  Samuel,  youngest      "  "         (no  childieu.) 


PART       THIRD. 

Descendants  of  Samuel  ist,  youngest  son  of  Daniel  ist. 

Grandson  Samuel  2d,  first  son  of  Samuel  1st. 

Sec.  XIV.  Great   Grandson    Samuel    3d,    oldest   son  of   Samuel    2d,  and 

his  descendants. 

"  "         +  Aaron,  second  son  "  "    (no  males.) 

Grandson  %  Jonathan,  youngest  son  of  Samuel  1st. 
Great  Grandson  +  Jonathan,  Jr.,  son  of  Jonathan,  (no  children.) 

*  Ebenezer,  second  son  of  Daniel  Ist,  left  no  descendants. 


-_.-  T„T  :— .^^^       I         T-_ 


l»j_/  ^^^slfiAa3^^Ci^'tof^^^S5?^2^^vS^2^"C5?is2^^^^ 


DANIEL  DOD  OF  BRANFORD. 


Preliminary  Chapter — Daniel  ist. 


ANIEL  DOD  and  Mary  his  wife  appear  at 
Branford  as  early  as  1646  or  1647.  Among 
a  number  of  "  children  of  the  Branford 
Church,"  baptized  at  New  Haven  in  June, 
1651,  we  find  the  names  of  Mercy,  Hannah, 
and  Daniel  Dod.  These  were  evidently  the 
three  eldest  children  of  Daniel  Dod.  Mercy  is  called  Mary  in  the 
Eecord  of  the  Eev.  Stephen  Dodd.  Supposing  that  he  took  the 
name  from  the  Branford  Eecords,  which,  in  the  name  of  one  of 
their  own  people,  should  be  more  exact  than  the  New  Haven 
scribe,  we  shall  call  her  Mary.  Hannah  is  strangely  omitted  in 
Eev.  Stephen's  list  of  the  children  of  Daniel  Dod,  though  he  copies 
in  another  place,  the  will  of  Stephen  Dod  of  Guilford,  in  which 
his  sister  Anna  Fowler  is  mentioned,  doubtless  the  same  Hannah 
who  was  baptized  at  New  Haven.  As,  in  the  same  will,  Stephen 
Dod  mentions  his  cousin  Mary  Wheeler,  it  may  be  conjectured  that 
the  wife  of  the  first  Daniel  Dod  was  a  Wheeler.  This,  however,  is 
to  be  taken  as  a  mere  conjecture  till  confirmed  by  some  future  dis- 
covery  of   documentary   evidence.     Correcting  the  list  of  Eev, 


34  DANIEL  BOB,   OF  BRANFORB. 

Stephen  Dodd   by  the  evidence  of  the  New  Haven  Eecord,  we 
have  the  following  list  of  the  children  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Dod : 

1.  Mary  (or  Mercy),  probably  bom  aljout  1646,  married  Aaron  Blachly*  about 

1666.    They  came  with  the  colony  to  Newark ;  but,  after  a  few  years, 
returned  to  Connecticut. 

2.  Akna  (or  Hannah),  who  married Fowler,  probably  of  Guilford. 

3.  Daniel,  bom  in  1649,  or  early  in  1650.    The  time  of  his  death  is  unknown. 

It  is  a  family  tradition  that  he  died  from  a  fall  from  a  load  of  hay  ; 
probably  between  1701  and  1714. 

4.  Ebenezer,  bom  December  11, 1651.    He  is  sui)posed  to  have  died  in  New- 

ark about  1675,  and  probably  left  no  family  ;  at  least,  no  son. 

5.  A  daughter,  bora  March  29,  1653  ;  seems  to  have  died  imnamed. 

6.  Stephen,  bom  Februaiy  16,  1655;  died  in  Guilford,  October  1691. 

7.  Samuel,  bom  May  2,  1657,  left  motherless  at  24  days  old,  and  died  in 

Newark  township,  (then  extending  west  to  the  Passaic,)  a])Out  1714. 

Daniel  Dod,  the  First,  died  between  sowing  time,  1665,  and  the 
harvest  of  1666,  as  appears  (says  Rev.  S.  Dodd  in  a  private  letter,) 
from  the  appraisal  of  his  personal  property,  including  the  wheat  on 
the  ground.  His  wife  died  May  26,  1657,  and  they  were  both 
buried  at  Branford.  The  children,  thus  left  orphans,  all  removed 
to  Newark,  except  Anna  and  Stephen,  who  lived  in  Guilford. 

After  the  death  of  Daniel  Dod,  his  sons,  being  all  minors, 
petitioned  the  Court  that  "  Ricftird  Lawrence  and  Lawrence  Ward 
might  be  their  guardians  and  have  administration  in  trust  granted 
to  them  in  their  behalf.  They  were  appointed  and  empowered  to 
crather  in  the  astate  to  be  assessed,  and  to  see  that  all  debts  and 
dues  to  and  from  the  estate  be  duly  prepared,  and  to  look  after  the 
children." 

*  He  was  the  sou  of  Tliomas  Blachly,  Esq.,  and  had  a  brother  Moses.  Their 
sister  Abigail  was  the  wife  of  Edward  Ball. 


DANIEL  BOD,  OF  BRANPORD.  35 

On  the  Probate  Record  of  New  Haven,  2d  B,  p.  8,  appears  "  An 
inventory  of  all  the  goods  and  chattels  of  Daniel  Dod,  of  Branford, 
deceased,  being  appraised  upon  oath,  by  Lieut.  Swayne,  John  Wil- 
ford,  and  John  Ward."  The  clear  estate  amounted  to  ^146  17s. 
4d.  The  colonial  currency  had  not  then  been  depreciated  by  the 
issue  of  paper  money,  and  this  may  be  assumed  nearly  equal  to 
sterling  money.  If  so,  it  was  about  $650 ;  a  moderate  sum  to  be 
divided  among  six  children ;  but  sufficient  to  give  a  fair  start  in 
life  in  a  country  where  land  could  be  had  at  almost  nominal 
prices. 


From  England  came  tliey  o'er  the  stormy  main, 

Daniel  and  Mary  in  their  youthful  prime, 

Seeking  a  home  here  in  the  wilderness, 

Wlicre  roamed  the  Indian — destined  soon  to  die, 

Leaving  behind  them  children,  four  of  whom 

Sons  under  age. — By  that  dear  Hand  that  leads 

The  blind  by  unknown  ways  to  a  large  place 

Provided  for  them,  these  were  brought  to  dwell 

Beside  the  River,  called  in  red  man's  speech, 

Passaic,  wliere  stands  to-day  the  city  fair 

Of  Newark,  famous  for  its  avenues 

And  parks  adorned  with  trees,  laid  out 

And  planted  by  forecasting  su'es. 

And  for  its  workshops,  numerous  and  vast, 

Whose  products  fill  the  markets  of  the  world. 

Out  of  these  fom*,  three  married  in  due  time, 

Daniel  the  eldest,  Stephen,  Samuel, 

From  whom,  during  two  centuries,  have  sprung 

Many  descendants ; — not  a  few  choice  men. 

That  in  times  past  and  now,  by  honorable  sweat 

Of  brow  or  brain,  have  won  a  good  repute, 

And  ijublic  mention  due  for  service  done 

In  cause  of  God,  or  country,  or  mankind. 


PA_RT       FIRST 


Descendants  of  Daniel  Dod,  Jr., 


Eldest  Son  of  Daniel  ist. 


>S^^SSii?-|^^SS^SS^-?3Swi^^^^?-r5^^^^^ 


^^^^jS^iii^i'.^^^ -a^^^V^ ti'o'J'i^ta-7^xli?as«x35^^^\ 


DANIEL  DOD,  Jr,  eldest  soil  of  Daiiiel  of 

Bia»ford,('onn.,a  native  oi'  p]ii^land. 

DANIEL' Third> 

(Eldest  son  of  Daniel  Dod  Tr.,) 

WlTtT  HIS   SONS 
THOMAS,  pANIEL]  ISAAC,  JOSEPH,  [MOSES]  AMOS  &CALEP., 
AtTD  THEIR  DESCENDANTS  . 

ALSO 

STEPHEN, 

(  Second  son  of  Daniel  Dod,  Jr.,) 

WITH  HIS  SONS 

NATHANIEL, [SUjAS]  STEPHEN,  &  JOSHUA, 

AND  THEIT!  DESCENDANTS  . 
ALSO 

JOHN, 

(  Third  son  of  Daniel  Dod,  Jr.,) 

^  WITH  HIS  SONS 

\^      y^JOHNiTm:  ASSES  soRj  AND  DAVID. 


\S  P<     ''ri-'i  ■i'^i.'S  Ji'Vi'i  i»i^«  S/<s- '»  i>Vi'6  iA^'s  iy«=; '»  iAi'6  i^.'6  i>\i-'6  iA=^  '6  i/y^/4  iiOi  '0  i»::/«  i^'«  i^^/t,  i<W/6  iy«Va  i»  V    .  0,^} 

DANIEL    DOD,    JR. 

DANIEL  DOD,  Jr.,  though  a  minor,  appears  as  the  head  of  a 
family,  on  the  first  tax  list  of  Newark,  where  he  is  assessed 
for  <£150,  only  part  of  which  sum  represented  the  "  visible  estate  " 
brought  to  Newark ;  as  ,£50  was  set  down  for  each  head  of  a  family, 
and  £10  for  each  child.  In  1671,  being  of  age,  he  returned  to 
Branford  to  sell  his  father's  lands.  In  the  deed  he  describes  himself 
as  "  being  in  the  22d  year  of  my  age,  and  the  lawful  heir  of  Daniel 
Dod,  dec'd."  In  1677,  Daniel  Dod  appears  on  the  Newark  Eecords 
as  one  of  the  warners  of  Town  Meetings.  In  March,  1678,  he  was 
appointed  with  Edward  Ball,  to  run  the  northern  line  of  the  town, 
with  the  Indians,  the  bounds  of  the  town  having  been,  by  a  new 
purchase,  extended  to  the  top  of  the  mountain.  Both  Ball  and 
Dod  appear  to  have  had  some  knowledge  of  surveying,  and  to 
have  been  employed  by  their  neighbors  to  draw  up  conveyances. 
In  1686,  Edward  Ball  being  one  of  a  committee  to  settle  with 
the  proprietors,  in  a  long  controversy  about  how  much  of  the 
lands  in  the  bounds  of  Newark  purchase  should  be  divided 
among  the  settlers,  we  find  Daniel  Dod  named  as  one  of  a  com- 
mittee to  advise  and  instruct  the  former  committee,  in  behalf  of  the 
town.  In  1692,  he  was  chosen  a  deputy  to  the  Legislature  of  the 
province ;  and  is  occasionally  named  at  different  dates,  as  intrusted 
with  other  public  business  by  his  townsmen.     In  1701,  he  signed, 


40  DANIEL  DOD,  JUNIOR. 

with  Lis  brother  Samuel,  and  eldest  son,  Daniel  Dod,  Junior.*  an 
agreement  by  which  more  than  a  hundred  citizens  of  Newark  joined 
together  in  an  effort  to  purchase,  with  the  consent  of  the  Lords 
Proprietaries,  the  lands  west  of  the  bounds  of  Newark  purchase, 
from  the  top  of  the  mountain  to  the  upper  Passaic  Kiver.  It  ap- 
pears that  they  failed  to  obtain  the  consent  of  the  Proprietors,  but 
that  the  purchase  was  nevertheless  made ;  and  the  collisions  be- 
tween the  claimants  under  this  purchase,  and  those  who  obtained 
titles  from  the  Proprietors  led  to  long  disputes,  which  culminated, 
about  1747,  in  great  riots.  How  long  Daniel  Dod  lived  after  the 
date  of  this  agreement,  there  is  no  positive  evidence.  A  Daniel 
Dod  was  one  of  the  Surveyors  of  the  Highways  in  1721,  but  it 
probably  was  the  Daniel  Dod  of  Guilford,  son  of  Stephen,  who  re- 
moved to  Newark  about  1706 ;  and  as  we  find  this  last  Daniel  in 
Court  as  early  as  1714,  without  any  junior  to  his  name,  it  is  proba- 
ble his  uncle,  Daniel  2d,  died  before  that  year. 

It  is  supposed  that  the  wife  of  Daniel  2d  was  Phebe  Brown, 
daughter  of  John  Brown,  who,  in  his  will,  dated  1689,  names  his 
daughter   Phebe   Dod.      Daniel  2d  had,    according  to   tradition, 
DANIEL  3d, 

STEPHEN,     (the  Cooper,) 

JOHN, 
and  Dorcas.     Dorcas  married  a  Ward,  ancestor  to  Zebina  Ward. 
As  Daniel,  the  eldest  son,   was  not  born  till  after  1680,  when  his 
father  was  past  thirty,  there  may  have  been  other  daughters,  older 


*  It  is  possil)le  this  Daniel  Dod,  Jr.,  was  Daniel  of  Guilford,  who  may  have 
then  been  in  Newark,  courting  his  future  wife,  Elizabeth  Riggs.  Unless  Daniel 
3d  was  nearly  90  at  his  death  in  17G7,  he  could  hardly  have  been  old  enough 
to  sign  such  an  agreement  in  1701. 


DANIEL  BOB,  JUNIOR.  41 

than  Daniel,  whose  names  tradition  has  not  preserved.  The  cele- 
brated "  Bill  in  Chancery  "  mentions  surveys  for  Daniel  Dod  in 
1679,  by  warrant  from  the  Proprietors.  One  of  these  surveys  was 
a  tract  beyond  Second  Eiver.  Daniel  appears  to  have  early  re- 
moved from  his  town  lot  in  what  is  now  Orange  street,  in  Newark, 
to  these  lands  on  Watsessing  plain,  and  all  his  sons  lived  on  parts 
of  that  tract.  Daniel  8d,  (says  the  Eev.  S.  Dodd,)  built  where 
Amos  Dodd  lived  in  1889,  John  built  where  David  Dodd  then  lived, 
and  Josiah  F.  Dodd  now  lives.  Stephen  built  where  the  late  Nehe- 
miah  Ward  lived. 


m 


Division  I. 

Grandson  Daniel  3d,  oldest  son  of  Daniel  2d. 

DANIEL  8d  married  Sarah*  Ailing,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Ailing,  of  Newark.  There  is  on  record  a  deed,  dated  Sept. 
16, 1725,  by  which  Daniel  Dod,  Junior,  yeoman,  "  with  the  free  and 
voluntary  consent  of  Saray  his  wife,"  conveyed  for  the  considera- 
tion of  one  hundred  pounds,  his  house  lot  in  Newark,  of  six  acres,  to 
Thomas  Davis.  This  was  not  his  father's  home  lot,  but  lay  between 
Broad  street  and  the  river,  and  was  probably  the  lot  originally  assign- 
ed to  his  uncle,  Aaron  Blachley.  Daniel  3d  seems  to  have  been  a 
prosperous  husbandman,  and  not  to  have  been  sohcitous  of  office,  f 
The  Daniel  Dod  who  appears  on  the  Town  Kecords,  at  different 
dates,  (1721,  1731,  &c.)  as  Surveyor  of  the  Highways  and  in  other 
offices,  was  probably  his  cousin,  a  httle  older  than  himself,  Daniel 
Dod,  from  Guilford.  There  is  preserved  in  a  bundle  of  old  papers 
a  draft  of  will  of  Daniel  Dod,  dated  1759,  (from  which  it  appears 
that  his  wife  Sarah  was  then  living ;  and  by  her  not  being  named 

*  in  the  printed  record  she  is  called  Mary  ;  but  both  the  deed  of  1725  and 
the  draft  of  will  made  in  1759  call  her  Sarali ;  and  the  will  of  Samuel  Ailing, 
Esq.,  dated  1730,  names  his  daughter  Sarah  Dod. 

t  Daniel  Dod,  Jimior,  was  appointed  a  Constal)le  in  1717-18.  If  Daniel  2<l 
Was  then  alive,  the  Daniel,  Junior,  would  be  Guilford  Daniel.  But  if  Daniel 
2d  was  then  dead,  Daniel  3d  was  the  constable. 


GRANDSON  DANIEL  {THIRD.)  43 

in  the  will  on  record,  whicli  is  dated  1766,  we  learn  that  she  died 
between  those  two  dates.)  In  this  will  Daniel  Dod  gives  directions 
for  defending  his  Indian  purchase  over  the  mountain.  If,  when  he 
signed  the  agreement  already  mentioned,  in  1701,  he  was  of  age,  or 
nearly  so,  he  must  have  been  86  or  87  at  his  death  in  1767.  From 
the  ages  of  his  children,  it  appears  that  he,  like  his  father,  married 
late.     They  were : 

1.  Eunice,  bom  Nov.  3,  1718,  died  Oct.  30,  1805,  aged  87.  She  married 
David  Baldwin,  (brotlier  of  Benjamin  and  Aaron,)  wlio  died  July  3, 
1803,  in  liis  88tli  year.  They  had  ten  childi'cn,  viz :  Jonathan,  Isaac, 
Zophar,  Simeon  and  David  (twins),  Silas,  Jesse,  Ichabod,  Eunice,  who 
married  Joseph  Dodd  2d,  and  Sarah,  who  married  John  Smith. 

3.  S-UiAH,  bom  Dec.  38,  1720.  She  married  Timothy  Freeman,  and  had  tkree 
sons  and  a  daughter,  Phebe.  Two  of  her  sons,  names  not  recollected, 
died  of  camj)  fever  m  the  Revolution.  The  third,  Isaac  Freeman,  mar- 
ried Phebe  Condit ;  and  he  had  Daniel,  Hiram,  Peter,  Jej^tha,  Moses, 
Isaac,  Sarah  (the  only  one  living  in  1861),  Phebe. 

3.  Thomas,  bom  Jan.  7,  1733.     He  lived  Sept.  8,  1815,  at  the  great  age  of  93 

years  and  8  months. 

4.  Daniel,  bom  May  1,  1725,  and  died  in  1795,  aged  about  70. 

5.  Isaac,  bom  July  8,  1728,  and  died  Aug.  19,  1804,  aged  76. 

6.  Joseph,  bom  Sept.  12,  1731,  and  died  June  4, 1789,  in  his  58th  year. 

7.  Moses,  bom  Jime  18,  1734 — died  in  his  youth. 

8.  Amos,  bom  Sept.  15, 1737,  and  died  Oct.  7,  1811,  aged  74. 

9.  C-\LEC,  bom  May  26,  1740,  died  in  Caldwell  about  1780,  aged  about  40. 


GREAT-GRANDSON     THOMAS. 


Ist  Deg.  D»nlel  M-  .  O  T 

2d  Deg.  Daniel  3d.   '  bECTION    I. 


Descendants  of  Thomas,  ist  son  of  Daniel  ^d. 


3d  Deg.  fTT^HOMAs,  of  Daniel  3d,  married  Sarah  Newcombe,  sup- 

1    posed  to  be  of  a  family  living  above  Paterson.     She  died 

March  31, 1791,  in  her  68th  year.     He  had  a  second  wife,  Mrs, 

Phebe  Perkins,  but  no  second  family.     By  the  first  wife  he  had : 

1,  Eunice,  who  married  Joseph  Crane,  and  died  Februai7  20,  1822, 

aged  80,  says  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  but  her  descendants  say  she 
died  about  1827,  aged  85.  Her  children  were  Joseph,  Moses, 
Daniel  and  Aaron  Crane,  and  a  daughter  Hannah.  Moses  Crane's 
daughter  is  the  widow  of  John  H.  Tinims,  late  of  Newark. 
Daniel  Crane,  the  oldest  resident  of  Jersey  City,  died  26th  April, 
1863,  in  his  85th  year. 

2.  EzEKiEL,  by  Hannah  Maxon  of  Middletow^n,  N.  J.,  (where,  it  is  said, 

he  used  to  go  with  his  father  to  boil  salt,)  had  a  daughter  Jemi- 
ma, who  married  Jabez  Bruen  of  Newai-k.* 

*  Children  of  Jemima  and  Jabez  Bruen : 

1.  Daniel  Bruen,  born  Jan.  5, 1793,  died  March  9,  same  year. 

2.  Lette  Davis,  born  April  29, 1794. 

3.  Daniel  2d,  bom  Dec.  25, 1795. 

4.  Phebe,  born  July  18, 1798 ;  died  Sept.  18, 1799. 

5.  Phebe  Ann,  born  Feb.  4, 1800;  died  Dec.  31, 1858,  aged  nearly  59. 

6.  Joseph,  bom  Sept.  26, 1801 ;  died  Aug.  27, 1802. 

7.  Abby,  bom  April  28, 1803 ;  died  July  12, 1804. 

8.  Hannah  Maria,  bora  June  27, 1805 ;  married  D.  M.  WilBon. 

9.  Died  unnamed. 

10.  George  Hobdy  Bruen,  bom  Jan.  9, 1808. 

11.  William  Dow  Bruen,  bom  April  2, 1811 ;  died  Oct.  2, 1854. 

12.  James  Davis  Bruen,  bom  June  5, 1813. 


Sec.  I. J  GREAT-GRANDSON  THOMAS.  45 

3.  Samuel,  followed  the  water,  between  Newark  and  New  York,    He 

had  Hannah,  Isaac,  David.  It  is  said  the  sons  were  deficient  in 
intellect,  and  never  married.  Hannah  was  a  comely  girl,  and 
married. 

4.  Nancy,  married  Amos  Tompkins.      Her  children  were  Isaac  Tomp- 

kins, Sally  who  married  Elias  Williams,  Aljby  married  John 
Mingis,  Nancy  married  Abiathar  Ward,  Phebe  married  John 
Hewitt,  (an  Englishman,)  Polly  married  Robert  Ward,  Ijrother  of 
Abiathar,  Phineas  Tompkins. 

5.  Elias  married  widow  Lydia  Ward.      He  died  May  10,  1824.      She 

died  Jan.  18,  1828.  They  had :  1,  Abraham,  who  died  in  1827, 
was  never  married ;  2,  George,  died  young ;  3,  George,  died  about 
1824,  was  never  manied ;  4,  Charlotte,  bom  Jan.  2,  1784,  and 
died  Nov.  14,  1852,  aged  68.  She  married,  1806,  John  Eagles, 
and  had  children. 

6.  Daniel  died  in  New  York,  Sept.,  1822.     (See  below.) 

7.  Enos,  who  died  May  17,  1829,  in  his  73d  year.     He  was  a  nailor  and 

smith.  He  married  Mary  Edo,  who  died  August  30,  1834,  in  her 
79th  year.     (See  below.) 

8.  Jonathan  was  a  cooper.    He  married  Eunice  Smith,  and  had  Hiram, 

Phebe  who  married  Jotham  Ward,  (and  had  Josiah  S.,*  Charles, 
George  and  John,)  and  Thomas  who  died  young.  Iliram  Dodd 
married  Jan.,  1806,  Nancy  Vincent.  He  was  a  shoemaker;  lived 
in  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  He  was  divorced  from  his  first 
wife,  and  married  a  second,  but  had  no  children. 

9.  Thomas.     (See  below.) 

10.  Saiiah,  married  John  Liddell,  and  had   Sarah,  Margaretta,  (or,  as 

others  call  her,  Peggy,)  and  Betsey  Liddell. 


*  Josiah  S.  Ward,  (Justice  of  the  Peace,)  lives  at  Chatham.     lie  mar- 
ried, for  his  second  wife,  Eliza  C.  Burnet. 


46  GREAT-GRANDSON  THOMAS.  [Part  I. 

4ihDeg.     Daniel  of  Thomas,   married  Frances  White,   of  Middle- 
town,  N.  J.,  about  1780.     They  had  two  children : 

1.  Robert  W.,  bom  in  Middletown,   1st  May,  1781 ;  died  iu  Newai-k, 

Jan.  30,  1846,  aged  05. 
3.  Nancy,  born  in  New  York,  Dec.  10,  1783.      She  married  Sylvester 

Hunt,  of  New  York,  in  1807,  and  died  1862. 
0 

6th  Deg.     Egbert  W.,  of  Daniel,   married  Eachel  Van  Houten,  of 
Paterson,  in  1805,  and  had  three  children : 

1.  Frances,  Oct.  16,  1806.     Slie  married  Elisha  W.  Barnard,  of  Hart- 

ford, Conn.     They  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

2.  Robert,  Oct.  28,  1808.    Married  Lydia  Ogden,  of  Orange,  July,  1832. 

They  have  no  childi'cn.      Robert  is  one  of  those  who  write  the 
name  Dod.    He  is  a  leather  dealer  in  Newark. 

3.  Richard,  Nov.  18,  1810.      Married  Maria  Van  Riper,  of  Bergen,  m 

1835,  and  died  without  children,  March  8,  1845. 

Robert  W.   Dodd  separated  from  his   wife  and  took  an- 
other, Mrs.  Annie  Jacobus,  by  whom  he  had : 

1.  Garret  Doremus  Dod,  born  June  27, 1812. 

2.  Sarah,  bom  Dec.  1, 1814.    She  married  Hassel  H.  Beam ;  has  a  son 

and  three  daughters. 

3.  Daniel,       J  Twins,  bom  Aug.  19, 1816. 

4.  Margaret,  )  She  married  1st, Debo,  and  had  a  son,  Theodore 

Debo.    Married  2d,  Haviland,  and  had  a  son,  Francis 

Haviland. 

5.  Elinor,  bom  Oct,  31, 1818.      She  married  William  Boram,  and  has 

four  or  five  children. 

6.  Cornelius,  ) 

>  Twins,  born  April  15, 1821. 

7.  Catharine  Ann,  ) 

8.  Lydia  Ann,  born  Aug.  27,  1823,  married  Philip  Gurney,  and  had  a 

son  Joseph,  and  foiu:  daughters. 


Sec.  I]  GREAT-ORANDSON  THOMAS.  47 

Garret  Doremus  Dod,  of  Eobert  W.,  lives  in  Hackensack,  ctuDeg. 
N,  J.     In  his  youth  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  for  some  cause, 
(it  not  being  a  time  of  war,)  deserted,  and  to  avoid  detection 
was  for  some  years  known  as  Garret  Doremus.     He  married 
Catharine  Berry,  and  has : 

1.  Maky  Ann. 

2.  James. 

3.  Daniel. 

4.  Thomas. 

5.  CORNELnJS. 


Dakiel,  of  Robert  W.,  is  an  engineer,  lives  in  Virginia,  6th Deg. 
near  Eichmond.     He  married  Phebe  Yan  Kirk,  and  has : 


1.  Emeline. 

2.  Mary. 

3.  Joseph  Lybrand,  Feb.  18,  1850. 

4.  Gaeeet  Doremus,  March  26, 1855. 

0 — 


Cornelius,  of  Robert  W.,  is  also  an  engineer,  lives  inethDeg. 
^Villiamsburg,  N.  Y.     He  married  Mary  Sloper,  and  has : 

1.  Joseph,  July  10, 1849. 

2.  Elizabeth  Ann,  July  14, 1851. 

3.  John  Francis,  Nov.  24, 1854. 


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Enos,  of  Thomas,  (1756-1829,)  and  Mary  Edo  had:  4th Deg. 

1.  Jemima,  bom  Oct.  21,  1776;  married  Samuel  Dodd  4th,  and  died  in 

Bloomfield  a  widow,  Oct.  23,  1860,  aged  84. 

2.  Aaron,  bom  1779,  died  at  sea,  never  married. 

3.  Sarah,  Dec.  2, 1782 ;  married  Samuel  Garish, 


48  GREAT- GRANDSON  THOMAS.  [Part  I. 

4.  Samuel,  March  6, 1787.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  died 
of  camp  fever  up  the  North  river ;  never  married. 

5  and  6.  Jonas  and  Hannah,  t^dus,  March  28,  1792.  Jonas  died  July 
G,  1795,  and  his  head-stone  is,  or  lately  was,  one  of  the  only  two 
memorials  of  Dods  in  the  ancient  buiying-ground  at  Newark. 
(The  other  being  Jonathan  Dod,  son  of  Samuel  1st.)  Hannah, 
the  other  twin,  married  .James  Maher,  and  had  a  son  William. 
She  married,  2d,  William  Handley,  had  two  daughters,  and  died 
July  15,  1852,  aged  60. 

7.  Jonas  2d,  Sept.  6,  1796;  died  July  14,  1829,  aged  33. 


5tuDeg.  Jonas  2d,  of  Enos,  married  March  29,  1821,  Sarah  Hayes, 
(daughter  of  Eobert  and  Eunice  Hayes,)  who  was  born  Sept. 
12,  1799  ;  died  Dec.  1,  1828,  aged  29.     They  had  : 

1.  Alexander  P.  Dodd,  Nov.  23,  1821. 

2.  Julia,  July  9,  1825 ;  died  Feb.  13,  1826. 


cthDeg.  Alexander  P. ,  of  Jonas  of  Enos,  Uves  in  Newark.  He 
married,  Oct.  29, 1845,  Maria  D.  Seaman,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Elizabeth  Seaman,  and  had : 

1.  Sarah  Estella,  Oct.  3,  1846. 

2.  Eliza  Lionas,  Aug.  23, 1848;  died  Dec.  18,  1850. 


4ihDeg.  Thomas  2d,  youngest  son  of  Thomas,  married  Mary  Hal- 
lam,  daughter  of  Peter  Hallam  of  Stone  House  Plains,  and 
had  two  sons : 

1.  John  Thomas,  bom  (Bloomfield)  Dec.  29,  1788;  married  Sarah 
Jacobus,  daughter  of  James  Jacobus  of  Fairfield,  Essex  Co.,  Sept, 
»5,  1813,  and  has  an  only  child,  James  Dodd,  bom  Sept,  lOj 


Sec.  I.]  BROKEN  BRANCH— DANIEL  {FOURTH.)  49 

1815.    ]VL-s.  Dodd  died  Feb.  3,  1855.      Her  Imsbaud  still  lives  at 
Franklin,  near  Bloomfield. 
2.  William,  born  1803,  died  1845;   manicd  in  1833  to  Castina  Acker- 5th  Deg. 
man,  and  had  two  chikken  :  1,  Thomas  Dodd,  born  Nov.  4, 1834 ; 
2,  Mary  Ann,  who  married  James  Jacobus,  Jr.,  Ijrothcr  to  the  wife 
of  John  T.  Dodd.     Slie  died  several  years  ago. 


James,  of  John  T,,  lives  at  Franklin,  near  Bloomfieldj  N.  6th  Deg. 
J.     He  married,  Oct.  27,  1836,  Elizabeth  F.  Long  of  Newark, 
and  has : 

1.  Rev.  John  Fosteii  Dodd,  (Methodist,)  born  Aug.  4,  1837.     He  was 
stationed  at  Elizabeth  in   1859,  but  was  obliged  to  leave  Ms 
charge  by  ill  health,  and  in  1860  was  stationed  at  Boimd  Brook. 
3.  Sarah  E.,  bom  March  14,  1839;  married  Mortimer  Stewart  of  New- 
ark, March  19,  1863. 
3.  Joshua  W.,  born  Dec.  5,  1841. 

0 

Thomas,  of  William  of  Thomas  2d,  lives  in  Paterson,     HeethDeg. 
married,  July  5,  1843,  Eebccca  Linford,  and  has : 

1.  Ervlne  Oscar,  bom  Nov.  33,  1849. 
3.  Anna  M.iVria. 


Broken   Branch—Daniel  4TH. 

DANIEL  -Ith,  second  son  of  Daniel  3d,   married  Jane  3d  Deg. 
Smith,  who  died  Oct.  19,  177f ,  aged  52.     He  married, 
secondly,  widow  Martha  Harrison,  and  died  without  children 
by  either  marriage  in  1795.     It  was  said  his  second  wife  was 
a  notable  female  doctor.     She  was  probably  a  daughter  of 

Samuel  Dod  2d. 
7 


GREAT-GRANDSON      ISAAC. 


nauii'l  Ist. 


1st  Deg.  Daukl  2d.   > 

2d  Deg.  Daniel  3d.  )  SeCTION    II. 

Descendants  of  Isaac,  third  son  oi  Daniel  3d. 

3d  Deg.  TTSAAC,  of  Daniel  third,  was  a  deacon  and  ruHng  elder  in  the 
JL Presbyterian  church,  a  captain  of  militia  in  the  Revolution, 
and  for  many  years  till  his  death,  in  180-1,  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  He  lived  near  the  centre  of  the  village  of  Bloomfield. 
He  married  Jemima  Williams,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Abigail  Williams.  (See  note.)  She  was  born  Jan.  6,  1729, 
and  died  July  25, 1810,  aged  81  years  and  6  months.  Their 
children  were: 

1.  Sarah,  March  26,  1753;  died  March  9,  1838;  aged  85.     She  married 

Matthias  Baklwin,  and  had  Isaac,  Mattliias,  Lucy,  who  married 
Nathaniel  Dodd  (of  Joshua),  and  Lydia,  who  never  married. 
Sarah  married  secondly  Aury  King,  by  whom  she  had  no  childien. 

2.  Moses,  Dec.  9,  1755;  died  Dec.  6,  1839,  aged  84. 

3.  Abijah,  Nov.  9,  1757 ;  died  Aug.  21,  1837,  aged  nearly  80. 

4.  Abby,  Oct.  8,  1759;  died  Aug.  24,  1764,  aged  5. 

5.  Joanna,  March  19,  1762;  died  Jan.  9,   1848,  aged  nearly  86.     She 

married  her  cousin,  deacon  Ichabod  Baldwin  (son  of  David  and 
Eunice),  who  died  Aug.  1839,  aged  82.  They  had  Lucy,  William 
B.,  Isaac  A.,  Abby,  Caleb  D.,  Charlotte,  Sarah,  and  another  child 
that  died  young.     William  B.  and  Caleb  D.  still  survive  (1863). 

6.  Abby  (2d),  Oct  26,  1764;  died  Dec.  24,  1844,  aged  80.     She  married 

Gen.  John  Dodd,  (sou  of  John,  of  John,  of  Daniel  2d.) 

7.  Jeptua,  May  17,  1767  ;  died  Sept.  24,  1770,  aged  3. 


Sec.  II]  GREAT-GRANDSON  ISAAC.  51 

8.  Jairus,  Jan.  21,  1770;  died  Jan.  30,  1852,  aged  82. 

9.  Isaac,  Dec.  23,  1772;  died  Sept.  8,  1806,  aged  34. 

Six  of  tlie  nine  lived   to  eiglity  and  upwards.     The  mother,  Jemima 
Williams,  was  of  a  family  remarkable  for  longevity.     (See  note.) 


NOTE  . 

The  Williams  Family  of  Orange.— We  find  from  the  early  records 
of  Weathersfield,  Conn.,  as  cited  in  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  that  Mat- 
thew Williams  had  a  son  Amos,  born  1645,  and  a  son  Matthew,  born  1647,  died ; 
a  2d  Matthew,  bom  16.51,  and  Samuel,  born  1653.  These  were  doubtless  the 
same  Matthew  and  Amos  who  afterwards  settled  at  Newark.  The  headstone  of 
Matthew  Williams  in  the  old  burying  ground  at  Orange,  shows  that  he  died 
Nov.  13,  17.32,  in  his  81st  year,  agreeing  with  the  above  record  of  his  birth. 
The  memorial  of  his  wife  Ruth  is  also  still  to  be  seen.  She  died  July,  1724,  but 
her  age,  if  given,  has  not  been  deciphered. 

Matthew  Williams  appears  at  Newark  about  thirteen  years  after  its  first  settle- 
ment, boing  admitted  a  planter  by  a  vote  of  the  town,  29th  Nov.,  1680.  In 
1698,  he  exchanged  with  George  Day  his  house  and  lot  in  Newark  for  lands 
bounded  by  the  mountain.  Wigwam  brook,  lands  of  Samuel  Day,  &c. 

Of  Amos  Williams,  the  brother  of  Matthew,  I  have  found  no  mention  in  the 
old  records,  except  that  his  name  appears  among  the  signers  to  the  agreement 
for  the  Indian  purchase  (1701)  elsewhere  mentioned.  He  was  probably  father 
of  David  Williams,  who  was  Lieutenant  in  a  troop  of  horse  about  1743,  and 
whom  tradition  affirms  to  have  been  a  cousin  to  Amos  and  Thomas,  the  sons  of 
Matthew. 

I  find  also  a  Samuel  WiHiams,  who  was  born  in  Newark  in  1714,  and  died  in 
Orange  2d  April,  1812,  at  the  remarkable  age  of  ninety-eight.  He  lived  on  the 
top  of  the  mountain.  His  wife,  Hannah  Harrison,  lived  almost  as  long  as  he 
did.  The  newspaper  obituary  stated  that  he  left  twelve  children,  45  grand- 
children, and  41  great-grand  children  ;  and  that  there  had  been  no  death  in  his 
family,  except  his  wife  and  an  infant,  in  seventy  years.  His  relationship  to  the 
other  branches  of  the  Williams  family  has  not  been  traced  ;  but  he  may  have 
been  from  Samuel,  son  of  the  first  Matthew.  His  wife,  Hannah  Harrison,  was 
an  aunt  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Smith,  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Tradition  says  Matthew  Williams,  who  died  1733,  had  four  sons — Amos, 
Matthew,  Gershom  and  Thomas,  and  at  least  two  daughters,  Jane  and  Jemima. 

Amos  Williams  was  born  1690,  and  died  1754,  in  his  64th  year.  He  married 
Mary  Nutman,  daughter  of  James  and  sister  of  the  Rev.  John  Nutraan.  (One 
of  her  sisters  was  Hannah,  wife  of  Jonathan  Dod,  son  of  Samuel  1st.  Mrs. 
Williams,  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  married  Samuel  Condit,  Sen'r,  in 
17.50).    The  children  of  Amos  Williams,  Esq.,  were  : 

1.  Benjamin  Williams,  who  for  many  years  had  a  tannery  at  Tory  Corner, 
about  a  mUe  north  of  Orange  centre.    He  was  bom  1739,  and  died  1826.    His 


52  QREAT-GRANDSON  ISAAC.  [Part  I. 

4tiiD«'g.  Moses,  of  Isaac,  married  Lois  Crane,  July  8,  1775.  She 
was  daughter  of  Ezetiel  Crane,  who  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Oswego,  in  the  French  war,  and  died  in  Canada.  His  widoAv 
married  John  Eange.  Lois  was  born  March  26,  1754,  and 
died  Oct  17,  1818,  in  her  65th  year.     They  had: 

1.  Stephen,  March  8,  1777;  died  Feb.  5,  1856,  aged  79. 

2.  Hiram,  Nov.  22,  1779;  died  July  21,  1823,  aged  43  years,  8  months. 


wife  was,  I  think,  a  daughter  of  Caleb  Crane,  Esq.,  and  sister  to  the  wife  of 
Simeon  Ilarrison,  (grandfather  to  the  present  Simeon  Harrison). 

2.  Sarah,  second  wife  of  Joseph  Dod. 

3.  Nathaniel  Williams. 

4.  James  Williams. 

5.  Enos  Williams.  Probably  the  one  who  settled  at  Swinefield,  (now  Centre- 
ville,)  between  Livingston  and  Caldwell. 

Matthew  Williams  2d  was  a  mason.  He  died  1772  in  his  78th  year.  He  mar- 
ried Abby  Brown,*  and  had  six  children,  all  of  whom,  it  is  said,  lived  to  eighty 
or  upwards.  Their  names,  as  given  in  his  wiU,  were  Sarah  Munn,  (wife  of 
Joseph  Munn,  and  mother  of  the  wife  of  Matthias  Dodd),  Jemima  Dod,  (wife  of 
Isaac  Dodd),  Lydia  Harrison,  (wife  of  Stephen),  Joanna  Coudict,  (wife  of  David)> 
Thomas  Williams  and  Isaac  Williams.  Capt.  Thomas  Williams  died  about 
1830,  aged  about  90.  He  was  the  Mher  of  Col.  William  Williams,  and  of 
Matthew,  who  was  the  father  of  Jesse  Williams,  Esq.  Isaac  Williams  married 
Eunice  Pierson,  a  daughter  (or  sister?)  of  old  Dr.  Matthias  Pierson,  (grand- 
father of  the  present  Dr.  Wm.  Pierson).  They  had :  Aaron,  Matthew,  Caleb, 
Isaac,  Abby,  Jemima,  Polly.  Of  these,  two  married  Dodds,  namely,  Aaron, 
who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Dodd  ;  and  Isaac,  who  married  Betsey, 
daughter  of  Abel  Dodd,  son  of  John,  the  carpenter. 

Gershom  Williams  married  Hannah  Lampson,  probably  a  sister  to  the  wife  of 
John  Dod  1st,  and  had  Matthew,  Eleazer,  Jotham,  Gershom,  Susan,  Ruth, 
and  Joanna. 

Thomas  Williams  married  Martha  Dodd,  probably  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Samuel  Dod  1st,  and  had  Timothy,  Silas,  Jonathan,  Jane,  Mary  and  Hannah. 
Jonathan  Williams  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Smith,  to  whom  we  are  indebted 
for  much  information. 


*  Thomas  Brown,  whose  will  was  proved  Dec.  18, 1723,  names  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, sons  Abner  and  Jeremiah,  both  minors,  daughters  Deborah  and  Abigail. 
This  Abigail  was  probably  the  one  who  married  Matthew  Williams,  and  gave 
her  father's  name  to  her  own  eldest  son.  This  Thomas  Brown  seems  to  have 
been  son  of  Thomas  Brown,  who  was  brother  of  Phebe  Dod,  and  third  son  of 
John  Browne,  Sen'r,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newark, 


Sec.  II.]  QREAT-QRANbSON  ISAAC.  U 

3.  Abigail,  Jan.  20,  1783;  married   Jacob   Ward,  Jr.,  Jan.  31,1800; 

lived  at  Hanover ;  died  Aug.  24, 1860,  aged  78  years  seven  months. 

4.  Betsey,  May  3,  1784;  married  Henry  King,  Oct.  15,  1803.     He  is  a 

son  of  Aury  King.     They  live  in  Bloomfield. 

5.  Ira,  June  22,  1786;  still  living  in  Bloomfield. 

6.  Fanny,  April  25,  1791 ;  married  Rev.  Humphrey  M.  Perrine,  Feb.  15, 

1813.     She  is  a  widow,  and  lives  with  her  children  at  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass. 
All  of  this  family,  except  Hiram,  have  lived  beyond  the  three  score 
and  ten  years  usually  allotted  to  man. 


Eev.  STEPHEN  DODD,  son  of  Moses  of  Isaac,  was  or-5thDeg. 
dained  to  the  Gospel  ministry  Sept,  28,  1803.  He  supplied 
two  congregations  for  seven  years  in  the  town  of  Carmel, 
Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.  From  October,  1810,  he  resided  in  the 
town  of  Waterbury,  Conn,,  and  was  the  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  at  Salem.  Eesigning  this  office  in  May,  1817, 
he  supplied  the  congregation  of  East  Haven,  Conn,,  and  on 
the  10th  of  Dec,  1817,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  there,  in  which  relation  he  continued  till  his 
death,  at  the  ripe  age  of  nearly  four  score  years.  He  married 
Nov.  29,  1799,  Phebe  Pierson,  daughter  of  EHhu  Pierson,  of 
Orange,  N.  J.,  but  from  Southampton,  L,  I.  She  was  born 
Aug.  25,  1776,  and  died  Feb.  27,  1815.  Mr.  Dodd  then  mar- 
ried Abigail  Ann  Law,  Feb,  1816,  He  had  no  children  by 
either  marriage.  Mr.  Dodd  had  an  uncommon  love  for  anti- 
quarian and  genealogical  research.  It  is  due  to  his  early  labors 
that  we  are  now  able  to  trace  distinctly  the  several  branches 
of  the  Dodd  family  up  to  Daniel,  Stephen  and  Samuel,  the 
three  sons  of  Daniel  1st,  (Ebenezer  having  no  known  descend- 


54  OREAT-ORANDSON  ISAAC.  [Part  1. 

ants.)  Besides  his  "  Family  Record  of  Daniel  Dod,  and  also  of 
his  descendants  in  New  Jersey,"  (a  document  invaluable  in 
compiling  the  present  History,  in  spite  of  some  errors  of  the 
author,  and  many  of  the  printer),  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd  com- 
piled with  great  labor  and  research  a  Genealogical  Register  of 
East  Haven.  He  had  collected,  in  manuscript,  copious  notes 
towards  a  genealogy  of  the  Crane  family,  to  which  his  mother 
belonged.  The  failure  of  his  eyesight  towards  the  end  of  his 
life  probably  prevented  him  from  preparing  for  the  press  a 
careful  revision  of  the  Dod  Record.  He  was  a  liberal  donor 
to  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  to  which  he  gave,  among 
other  books,  a  complete  file  of  the  Sentinel  of  Freedom,  from 
the  beginning. 


5th  Deg.  Hiram,  of  Moses,  was  an  Elder  m  the  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Bloomfield.  He  married  Julia  Crane,  Feb.  14,  1799.  She 
was  sister  of  Benjamin  Crane,  Esq.,  of  Pine  Brook ;  wai?  l)orn 
January  7,  1780,  and  died  March,  1858,  aged  78,  having  sur- 
vived her  husband  35  years.     They  had : 

1.  Abel.  Jackson,  l)orn  Nov.  3,  1799,  died  in  California  Soj)!.  /),  1852, 

aged  nearly  53. 

2.  Christiana,  born  Aug.  20,  1801 ;  married,  1840,  Benjamin  Fowler.* 

3.  Mahetabel,  born  July  23,  1803  ;  died  at  12  years,  Jan.  25,  1815. 

4.  Fanny,  bom  March  10,  180G;  married,  1832,  William  Saxton. 

5.  Moses,  born  Feb.  17,  1808. 

6.  Jairus,  bom  Sept  17,  1811. 

7.  Lois  Caroline,  bom  Oct.  31,  1813;  married,  July  14,  1833,  Josepll 

Sandford.     She  died  in  Belleville,  Nov.  12, 1855,  aged  42. 

*  She  first  married  (1833)  William  Craven  of  Orange,  who  deserted  her. 


Sec.  II.]  GREAT-GRANBSON  ISAAC.  ,55 

8.  Stephen  H.,  born  April  35,  1816. 

9.  Benjamin  Lewis,  bom  Oct.  1,  1818. 

10.  Margaket,  bom  Nov.  8,  1830;  died  at  11  years,  Sept.  1831. 
(All  the  above  cliildi'en  were  bom  in  Bloomfield,  N.  J.) 


Abel  J.  Dodd,  of  Hiram,  married  (1)  Mary  Kingsland,  cth  Deg. 
June  10,  1823,  and  (2)  Rachel  F.  Bogart,  Nov.  5,  1826.     His 
children  were : 

1.  LuciNDA  Ann,  Feb.  33,  1834;  married  Levi  Robbins,  April,  1846; 
resides  iii  West  Gaines,  N.  Y. 

3.  HiKAM,  Aug.  37,  1837;  married  Belinda  Voorhies,  July  4,  1847;  re- 
sides in  Hudson  City,  N.  J.,  and  had  William  Henry,  born  April 
39, 1848  ;  died  1854;  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  June  3,  1850;  died  at 
3  months  ;  John  Voorhies,  Jan.  1, 1853 ;  died  at  3  months. 

3.  Carinus,  April  13,  1839;  married  Mary  Lloyd,  May,  1848;  formerly 

resided  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  now  in  West  Philadelphia,  and  has 
James  Wesley,  Isaac  Jackson,  Hester  Maria,  (these  three  died  in 
infancy  in  Phila.)  ;  Emma  ;  Thomas,  born  Nov.  5,  1857  ;  Samira, 
March  1,  1859. 

4.  John  Henry,  Sept.  19,  1831 ;  married  Elizabeth  Fowler,  3d  May, 

1853.  He  went  with  his  father  to  California  in  1849,  and  still 
resides  there. 

5.  Matilda  Ann,  Aug.  13,  1834;  died  at  one  year,  Sept.  10,  1835. 

6.  Marv  Frances,  March  30,  1837  ;  died  at  one  year,  March,  1838. 

7.  Benjamin  Fowler,  April  3,  1840. 

8.  Solomon  Christie,  Aug.  37,  1843. 

9.  Julia,  March  17,  1845. 

The  youngest  three  reside  in  Hoboken,  N.  J. 


Moses,  of  Hiram,  is   a  hatter,  resides  in   Bloomfield.     He  giu  Deg. 
married  (1st)  Fannie  Baldwin,  who  died  March  29,  1858,  and 


56  GREAT-GRANDSON  ISAAC.  [Part  I. 

(2d)  Jan.  16,  1859,  Euphemia  Spear,  a  widow,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Simpson.     By  his  first  wife  he  had : 

1.  Bethuel  Baldwin,  Oct.  26,  1835 ;  died  Feb.  10,  1837. 

2.  Frances  Matilda,  Feb.  27,  1839  ;  died  Feb.  2,  1847,  at  8. 

3.  Akna  F.,  Oet.  2,  1841. 

4.  Mary  Antoinette,  Oct.  24,  1843;  died  Oct.  30,  1844. 

5.  Sarah  Jane,  Jan.  19,  1849 ;  died  Aug.  4,  1851. 


6th  Deg.     Jairus,  of  Iliram,  is  also  a  hatter,  and  resides  in  Bloomfield. 
He  married,  May,  1836,  Emeline  Baldwin,  and  had : 

1.  Hiram,  July  16,  1837 ;  died  Feb.  17,  1855,  at  18. 

2.  Charles  B.,  July  31,  1839. 

3.  Sarah  Matilda,  Sept.  16,  1841. 

4.  Charlotte  E.,  April  12,  1844. 

5.  Emma  L.,  July  20,  1847. 

6.  Edwin,  Aug.  10,  1851. 

7.  Julia  Frances,  March  28,  1857. 


6th  Deg.  Stephen  H.,  of  Hiram,  is  a  cabinet  maker,  and  has  lived 
in  Philadelphia  twenty  years  or  more.  He  married  April  15, 
1839,  Rebecca  Ann  Calhoun,  and  had  (all  born  in  Philadel- 
phia) : 

1.  Charles  Lewis,  born  May  31,  1840. 

2.  Mary  Calhoun,  born  Sept.  19,  1843. 

3.  Stephen  Decatur,  born  Se2)t.  6,  1846 ;  died  Feb.  15,  1848. 

4.  Albert  Benjamin,  born  May  1,  1849;  died  Aug.  30,  1851. 

5.  Alfred  Jackson,  born  March  3,  1852. 

6.  PniLETTA  Crane,  born  Dec.  4,  1854. 

7.  Elizabeth  Null,  born  Aug.  13,  1857;  died  May  28,  1858. 


Sec.  IL]  OREAT-ORAND80N  ISAAC.  57 

Benjamin  L,,  of  Hiram,  is  a  chair-maker,  and  resides  inetuDeg. 
Newark,  N.  J.,  of  which  city  he  has  been  an  Alderman.     He 
married,  March  17,  1839,  Philetta  Crane,  and  had : 

1.  Stephen  H.,  l)om  iu  SiDiingfield,  N.  J.,  Jan.  13,  1840. 

2.  Maria  L.,  bom  in  New  York,  Nov.  19,  1843. 

3.  Harriet  M.,  born  in  Newark,  Nov.  12,  1848. 

0 

Ira,  of  Moses,  was  formerly  Superintendent  of  the  Morris  5th  Deg. 
and  Essex  Railroad.     He  now  resides  in  Bloomfield.     He  mar- 
ried Ann  Harrison,  Sept.  20,  1810,  and  had : 

1.  Mary,  Oct.  20,  1811 ;  married  Isaac  Newton  Dodd,  grandson  of  Capt. 

Amos  Dodd. 
3.  Moses  Woodruff,  Nov.  11,  1813. 

3.  Phebe  Pierson,  June  20,  1816 ;  married  James  H.  Rundell. 

4.  Amarintha,  Sept.  19,  1821 ;  manied,  Oct.  1,  1845,  Jason  Crane,  son 

of  Josias  E.  Crane. 


Moses  W.,  of  Ira,  is  a  theological  book-seller  in  New  York,  ethoeg. 
He  married  Rachel  Hoe,  and  had  six  sons : 

1.  Ira  Seymour,  March  2,  1842. 

2.  Frank  Howard,  April  12,  1844. 

3.  Charles  Townley,  July  13,  1846. 

4.  Robert  Hoe,  Oct.  1,  1848. 

5.  William  Mead,  Dec.  29,  1850. 

6.  Edward  Winslow,  Aug.  2,  1853  ;  died  Dec.  29,  1853. 


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Abu  AH,  of  Deacon  Isaac,  married  Mary  Dodd,  (eldest  child  ith  Deg. 
of  David,  son  of  John,)  and  had : 
1.  .Tepthau,  Dec.  9,  1780;  died  Jan.  8,  1814,  aged  33. 


5|%  GBEAT-QBANDSON  ISAAC.  [Paiix  L 

3.  Cyrus,  Nov.  30,  1783;  died  Jan.  35,  1813,  aged  39. 

3.  RnoDA,  April  14,  1785;  never  married,  lived  in  Illinois;  but  has 

returned  to  Bloomfield. 

4.  Lucy,  Aug.  4,  1787;  died  young,  June  13,  1791,  aged  4. 

5.  Joel,  Nov.  30, 1789;  died  in  Warsaw,  Indiana,  May  37,  1863,  aged 

73. 

6.  Isaac,  Aug.  30,  1793;  died  in  Bloomfield,  April  1,  1863,  aged  70. 

7.  David,  Oct.  31,  1794 ;  lives  in  Illinois. 

8.  Samuel  Morbis,  April  9,  1797 ;  died  unmarried,  Nov.  13,   1838, 

aged  31. 

9.  Abijah,  Sept.  1, 1799 ;  died  July  31,  1841,  aged  43. 
10.  Lucy,  Nov.  34, 1803;  died  Oct.  6,  1817,  aged  14. 

o 

6th  Deg.     Jepthah,  of  Abijah,  married  Eunice  Baldwin,  and  had  : 

1.  Betsey  Morris,  Dec.  3, 1804;  married  Thomas  Exley. 

2.  Mary,  Nov.  30,  1806;  died  July  37. 1808. 

Second  wife,  Phebe  Munn,  (grand-daughter  of  Silas  Dod,) 
had: 

3.  Jane,  Jan.  16, 1813;  married  Ira  Campbell;  died  March,  1837. 

o 

5th  Deg.     Cyrus,  of  Abijah,  married  Mary  King,  daughter  of  Aury 
King,  and  had  one  daughter : 

\,  Catharine  King,  bom  Oct.  8, 1808 ;  married  Edmund  H.  Davey. 
0 

5th  Deg.     Joel,  of  Abijah,  married  (at  Amsterdam,   N.  Y.)  Betsey 
Harrison  ;  and  had  five : 

1.  Phebe,  Nov.  87,  1819;  died  May  4, 1841,  aged  33. 

2»  Mary,  Nov,  38,  1831;  married  Lewis  Van  Houten;  died  May  35, 

1857,  aged  36. 
3.  Jane  Ann,  Jan.  1,  1824;  married  Stephen  G.  West,  and  died  same 

day  as  Mary,  May  35, 1857,  aged  33. 


Sec.  II.  ]  GJISA  T-  GRANDSON  18 A  A  C.  ^ 

4.  Cyrtts  Morris  ;  Nov.  19,  1836. 

5.  David,  May  3,  1839;  died  July  8,  1857,  aged  28. 


Cyrus  M.,  of  Joel,   married  Mary  Latham,  and  bad  aethDeg. 
daughter. 
1.  Agnes,  bom  August,  1859. 

o 

David,  of  Joel,  married  Susan ;  had  no  children,  eth  Deg. 

Lived  in  Warsaw,  Kosciusko  Co.,  111. 

0 

Isaac,  of  Abijah,   married  Catharine  Canfield;  lived  in  5th  Deg. 
Bloomiield,  (where  he  died  April  1,  1862,  aged  70,)  and  had  : 

1.  Horace,  March  2,  1820;  lives  in  Bloomfield. 

2.  Edwin,  May  7,  1822. 

0 

Horace,  of  Isaac,  of  Abijah,  married  Ann  M.  Fairchild ;  cth Deg. 
and  secondly,  Sarah  E.  Canfield,  and  had : 

1.  Horace,  Jr.,  March  27,  1845. 

2.  Caroline  A.,  Sept.  11, 1847. 

3.  Ann  R.,  July  6,  1849. 

4.  M.VRY  E,,  March  28,  1851. 

5.  Catharine  C,  July  4, 1853. 

6.  Lewis  Kelsey,  Jan  20, 1856. 

0 

Edwin,  of  Isaac,   of  Abijah ;  married  Matilda  Baldwin,  eihoeg. 
and  had : 

1.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  May  14, 1845. 

2.  Isaac,  Oct.  8, 1846. 

3.  Canfield,  Feb.  18, 1848;  died  April  17, 1859. 

4.  Catharine,  May  15, 1851 ;  died  April  10, 1853. 


60  GREAT-GRANDSON  ISAAC.  [Part  I. 

5th Deg.     David,  of  Abijab,  lives  in  Illinois.     He  married  Mary  Ann 
Eupe,  and  bad : 

1.  Joel,  Oct.  23,  1842. 

2.  RnoDA  Matilda,  Feb.  8, 1845. 

3.  James  Monroe,  Dec.  31, 1847. 


5th Deg.     Abijah,  Jr.,  of  Abijab,  married  Nancy  Squire,  and  bad: 

1.  Cyrus,  Nov.  3,  1835. 

2.  William,  died  in  infancy. 

3.  Mary,  Jan.  12,  1839. 

4.  Thomas  Corwin,  Jan.  27, 1841. 


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4ihDcg.  Jairus,  of  Deacon  Isaac,  born  in  Bloomfield,  1770 ;  married 
tbere  to  Sally  Davis,*  Sept.  27,  1792 ;  removed  about  1796  to 
Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  at  Holland  Patent  in  tbat  county, 
January  30,  1852.  His  wife  died  July  6, 1848.  His  cbildren 
were: 

1.  Joanna,  Jan.  23, 1794.    Never  married ;  died  Aug.  1,  1860. 

2.  William,  June  6, 1795 ;  married  March  16, 1830,  at  Ncwj^ort,  Herki- 

mer Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  Sally  Fenner  Pearce,  and  died  at  Hannibal, 
Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  34,  1857,  aged  62.  Was  a  farmer ;  had 
no  childi'cn. 

3.  Abigail,  Dec.  4,  1797  ;  married  Oct.  10,  1826,  at  Holland  Patent,  to 

Hiram  FoUet,  and  died  March  1,  1849,  at  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co., 
N.  Y.,  aged  52. 

4.  Isaac  Davis,  born  April  23,  1799,  at  Steuben,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y, ; 

is  a  jjhysciain,  and  lives  m  Bloomfield. 

*  Sally  or  Sarah  Davis  was  daughter  of  Peter  Davis,  who  lived  near 
the  Delaware  River,  and  perished  in  an  expedition  against  the  Indians 
in  Pennsylvania  during  the  Revolution. 


SEC.il.]  GREAf-GRANDSOlf  ISAAC.  61 

5.  Sarah,  April  17,  1801 ;  married  Aug.  27,  1837,  to  Royal  Robbins  of 

Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  at  Holland  Patent,  April  20,  1852, 
aged  51. 

6.  Ambkose,  Jan.  20,  1803 ;  lives  in  Illinois. 

7.  Moses,  March  20,  1805. 

8.  Mary,  May  21,  1807 ;  married  Dec.  31,  1845,  in  Marcy,  Oneida  Co., 

N,  Y.,  to  Jonathan  B.  French. 

9.  John,  June  4,  1809,  at  Holland  Patent;  is  a  clergyman. 

10.  Nathaniel  Jairus,  Oct.  13,  1811.    Resides  in  Hartford,  Conn. 


Dr.  Isaac  D.,  of  Jairus,  studied  medicine  at  the  University  5th Deg. 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  successful  practitioner  in  the  States 
of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  for  many  years  ;  married  Nov. 
29,  1835,  at  Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  Abby  Crane,  (daughter  of  Israel 
Crane,  Esq.),  who  died  March  9,  1863.     His  children  are : 

1.  Mary  Frances,  April  4,  1836. 
3.  Sarah  Davis,  March  31,  1839. 

3.  Charles  Henry,  Feb.  13,  1843;  died  June  17,  1845. 

4.  Eliza  Beach,  Sept.  1, 1845. 


Ambrose,  of  Jairus,  married  Jan.  1835,  at  Saratoga,  N.  5th  Deg. 
Y.,  to  Cornelia  Early.     Resides  in  Algonquin,  McIIenry  Co., 
Illinois.     Second  wife,  Eliza  Macomber.     He  has  : 

1.  George  E.,  Nov.  24,  1835. 

2.  Emily  A.,  Jan.  21,  1838. 

3.  Charles  F.,  May  24,  1840. 

4.  Henry,  Feb.  23,  1842 ;  died  Sept.  20,  1844. 

5.  Egbert  R.,  Oct.  27,  1844. 

6.  Alvin  H.,  Sept.  8,  1847. 

7.  Cornelia,  March  23, 1858. 


62  GREAT-GRANDSON  ISAAC.  [Part  I. 

5thDeg.  Moses,  of  Jairus,  married,  March,  1830,  at  Pittsforci,  Mon- 
roe Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  Juliette  Cleveland.  Resides  in  Jersey  City, 
is  an  Express  Messenger  between  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
He  has : 

1.  Amzi  Smith,  April  3,  1831. 

2.  William  M.  F.,  May  2,  1839. 

3.  Sarah  Ann,  Nov.  30,  1843;  tlied  Aug.  28,  1843. 

4.  Charles  EpwARD,  May  11,  1847. 


cthDeg.     Amzi  S.,  of  Moses,  of  Jairus,  married,  May,  1852,  Elizabeth 
C.  Crilley.     He  is,  or  was,  book-keeper  in  a  bank  in  New 
York ;  but  resides  in  Newark,  and  has  one  child  : 
1.  Minnie  Elizabeth,  bom  January  31, 1862. 


5th  Dog.  Eev.  John  Dodd,  son  of  Jairus,  studied  theology  at  Ober- 
lin,  Ohio;  was  licensed  and  ordained  in  the  Congregational 
connection  ;  has  been  a  preacher  more  than  twenty -one  years 
(to  1860)  most  of  the  time  in  Massachusetts  and  Maine ;  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Genesee  Presbytery,  and  resided  in  1860  at 
Alexander,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  in  1862,  at  Arcadia,  Wyom- 
ing Co. ;  married  Oct.  17,  1838,  at  Elyria,  Lorain  Co.,  Ohio, 
to  Maria  "Wiser  Read.     His  children  are : 

1.  Henry  Martyn,  bom  Aug.  6,  1839,  at  Riclgeville,  Lorain  Co.,  Ohio; 

is  pursuing  his  collegiate  studies. 
2»  Helen  Maria^  bom  Nov.  27,  1841,  at  Franklin,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Yi 

3.  Mary  LottSA,  Ijorn  Nov.  14,  1844,  at  Wellflcet,  Barnstable  Co.j  Mass- 

4.  John  Jairus,  l)om  June  2, 1840,  at  Augusta,  Kennebec  Co.,  Me. 


.CthDeg.     Nathaniel  J.,  of  Jairus,  is  a  saddle  and  harness  maker  at 


Sec.  II.]  GREAT-QBANDSON  ISAAC.  63 

Hartford,  Conn. ;  married,  Sept.  1844,  at  North  Haven,  Conn., 
to  Mary  Ann  Barnes.     He  has : 

1,  Mary  Amelia,  Nov.  19,  1845. 
3.  CiiAKLES  Albert,  Jan.  17,  1849. 


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Isaac,  Jr.,  youngest  son  of  Isaac,  of  Daniel  8d,  (1772-1806),  4thDcg. 
married  March  1,    1798,  widow  Jane  Smith,  who  was  born 
April  22,  1772,  and  died  March  29,  1826,  and  had  : 

1.  Hannah,  Dec.  6,  1798;  died  Dec.  12, 1798,  at  six  days  old. 

2.  Hannah,  March  17,  1800;  married  Caleb  S.  Davis. 

3.  Horace,  Sept.  8,  1802;  died  Oct.  17,  1802,  at  oncmontb. 

4.  Lydia,  Sept.  23,  1804 ;  married  Marquis  D.  Thomas. 

5.  MoREAU,  Jmie  12,  1806;  died  Aug.  24,  1806,  at  two  months. 


GREAT-GRANDSON      JOSEPH. 

Dimiellst.  \  _„^@»^^ 

l»t  Deg.  Daniel  2(1.   > 

2d  Deg.  Dauioi  3d. )  Section  III. 

Descendants  of  Joseph,  fourth  son  ol'  Daniel  3d. 

3d  Deg.  XOSEPH,  of  Daniel  3d,  (1731—1789,)  married  Mary  Linds- 
O  ley,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Lindsley  2d.*  She  died  Feb.  14, 
1763,  aged  29.  Second  wife,  Sarah  Williams,  daughter  of 
Amos  Williams,  Esq.,  was  born  February  23,  1742,  and  died 
September  2,  1818,  aged  76.  Joseph  Dod  lived  and  died  in 
Orange.     His  children  by  the  first  wife  were : 

1.  Matthias,  born  April  39,  1753,  drowned  July  23,  1801,  aged  48. 

2.  Ebenezeb,  born  May  1,  1755,  died  about  1837,  aged  82. 

3.  Rachel,  ))orn  May  29,  1757,  died  Sept.  16,   1827,  aged  70.    She 

married  Betliuel  Munn,  who  died  1779,  in  his  24th  year.f    They 

*  Francis  Linley  or  Lindsley,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newark,  left 
sons  Ebenezer,  John,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  and  Jonathan.  Ebenezer  had 
Ebenezer  (named  above),  Benjamin  (who  was  the  grandfather  of  John 
Morris  Lindsley  of  Orange),  and  other  children. 

t  Benjamin  and  Joseph  Munn  were  brothers.  The  former  had  Amos, 
Aaron,  David,  and  Betliuel  (named  above.)  The  latter  was  the  father  of 
Sarah,  who  married  Matthias  Dodd,  (and  after  his  death  Amos  Harrison, 
Esq.,)  also  of  John  Munn,  father  of  the  Stephen  who  was  drowned  with 
Matthias  and  Rachel  Dodd.  The  wife  of  Joseph  Mimn  was  Sarah  Wil- 
liams, sister  to  the  wife  of  Deacon  Isaac  Dodd.  Another  son  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  Munn  was  Isaac  Mmm,  who  married  Mary  Baldwin,  (sister  of 
Caleb  Baldwin,  who  was  the  father-in-law  of  Lewis  Dodd,)  and  had 
Hannah,  who  married  Isaac  Ward,  (formerly  Sheriff  of  Essex  County,) 
Dr.  Jeptlia  B.  Munn  of  Chatham,  Joseph  Munn,  and  Sally,  who  married 
John  Cook  of  Hanover.  Her  son,  George  II.  Cook,  is  a  Professor  in 
Rutorers  College. 


Sec.  III.]  GREAT-GRANDSOlT  JOSEPH.  6S 

bad  one  sou,  Moses.     Widow  Rachel  Munn  kept  house  for  Mat- 
thias Day,  of  Newark,  for  many  years,  and  died  there. 

4.  Joseph  )  (  died  Feb.  6,  1816,  aged  56. 

)- twins,  Oct.  6,  1760,-^ 

5.  LL\RY,   J  '  '  '  I  died  Sept.  24, 1829,  aged  69.    She  mar- 

ried Aaron  Williams,  who  died  Feb.  3,  1830,  aged  71.     Their  sons 
were  Aaron,  Ebenezer,  Bethuel  and  Smith  Williams. 
6  and  7.  A  second  pair  of  t'nins,  Feb.  1763,  died  shortly  after  birth. 

The  children  of  Joseph  Dod  by  his  second  wife  were  : 

8.  Amos,  born  Jan.  18, 1768,  died  Sept.  20, 1839,  aged  71.    Never  married. 

9.  Abigail,  born  Sept.  19,  1769,  died  Sept.  1,  1777,  aged  8. 

10.  Daniel,  bom  Aug.  29,  1771,  died  March  5,  1856,  aged  85.     Never 

married. 

11.  Moses,  born  Oct.  4,  1773,  died  June  1,  1844,  aged  71. 

12.  Lydia,  born  Oct.  27,  1775,  died  Dec.  21, 1806,  aged  31.     She  married 

James  Reynolds,  of  Orange,  who  died  Jan.  31st,  1850,  aged  76. 
Tliey  had  Daniel  D.,  Moses,  and  Abby  Reynolds. 

13.  Abigail  2d,  born  Feb.  22,  1781,  died  Sept.  17,  1857,  aged  76.     She 

married  Samuel  Crane  of   Chatham,  and    liad   Rowena,   Lydia, 
Phebe,  Josei)h  D.  and  Calcl:). 

14.  Allen,  Ijom  May  9,  1783 ;  died  Oct.  26,  1857,  aged  74. 

The  first  five  and  the  last  four  maiTied  and  left  descendants. 


Matthias,*  of  Joseph,  married  Sarah  Munn,  daughter  of  4th  Deg. 
Joseph  Munn,  (born  Aug.  31,  1759,  and  died  May  31,  1848,) 
and  had  : 
1.  Jared,  April  9,  1777,  who  went  to  sea  in  his  20th  year,  was  pressed 

*  The  date  of  Matthias's  Ijirth  was  supposed  l)y  his  son  to  be 
April  24,  1756,  till  corrected  by  the  discovery  l)y  El)enezer  Williams  of 
an  old  record,  which  made  it  as  already  given,  April  29,  1753,  His 
widow  married,  Dec.  26.  1815,  Amos  Harrison,  Esq.  She  died  May  31, 
1848,  aged  89. 
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60  OREAT-QRANDSON  JOSEPH.  [Part  1. 

into  tlie  British  Navy,  and  disaijpeared.*  He  is  supposed  to  have 
perished  in  some  battle  between  the  English  and  French.  He 
left  one  natural  son  Jared. 

2.  William,  June  24,  1779,  also  at  the  age  of  20,  June  18,  1799,  was 

killed  1)y  lightning  on  Governor's  Island,  in  New  York  harbor, 
where  he  was  at  work  as  a  carjienter.t  He  was  on  the  eve  of 
marriage. 

3.  Rachel,  April  24,  1782,  perished  also  in  her  20th  year,  being  di'owned 

with  her  father  and  a  cousin,  July  23,  1801.1 


*  Tradition  supposes  that  Jared  Dod,  eldest  son  of  Matthias, 
perished  in  the  battle  of  the  Nile ;  but  this  is  disproved  hy  an  old  letter 
of  his  dated  nearly  three  months  after  that  battle,  directed  to  his  brother 
William;  stating  that  on  his  return  in  the  brig  Citizen,  from  Hispaniola, 
with  sugar  and  coffee,  they  were  taken  by  a  British  cruiser,  and  carried 
into  Halifax,  we  su]ppose,  on  pretence  of  violating  the  orders  in  Council, 
by  trading  with  a  French  colony.  Jared  thus  lost  his  private  venture  of 
two  ban-els  of  sugar  and  five  bags  of  coflFee,  all  he  was  worth.  At  the 
date  of  the  letter,  Oct.  26,  1798,  he  was  still  waiting  for  the  trial  of  the 
brig,  which  he  was  told  would  he  in  twenty  days ;  but  intended  to  "  get 
home  as  soon  as  he  could."  As  he  never  got  home,  he  was  probably  im- 
pressed at  Halifax,  or  possibly  on  his  return  l)y  sea  to  New  York.  His 
case  is  a  striking  example  of  that  tyranny  of  the  British  on  the  seas, 
which  drove  our  fathers  into  the  war  of  1812. 

t  William  Dodd,  while  at  work  on  Governor's  Island,  took  shelter 
from  a  thunder  shower  in  a  room  filled  with  carpenters'  tools.  The  col- 
lection of  so  much  iron  and  steel  in  the  room  probably  occasioned  the 
fatal  stroke  of  lightning. 

X  On  a  summer  day,  July  23,  1801,  a  party  of  pleasure,  old  and  young, 
sailed  to  Coney  Island.  Through  the  mismanagement  of  the  cajitain, 
who  was  intoxicated,  the  young  peoi)le  went  in  bathing  in  an  unsafe 
place.  Rachel  Dodd,  and  her  cousin  Stephen  Munn,  (son  of  John  Munn, 
her  mother's  brother,)  got  out  of  their  depth.  Her  fiither,  who  was  an 
excellent  swimmer,  went  to  assist  them ;  but  in  the  wild  confusion  of  the 
drowning  struggle,  both  caught  hold  of  him,  and  all  perished  together, 
and  were  swept  into  the  sea,  whence  their  bodies  were  never  recovered. 
Thus  died  Matthijis  Dodd,  aged  48  yeare.  Within  the  space  of  three 
years  the  father  and  three  eldest  children  of  this  lately  hajipy  and  flour- 
ishing family  were  taken  away. 


Sec.  III.l  GREAT-ORAKDSON  JOSEPH.  67 

4.  Lewis,  born  Sept,  8,  1784;  died  of  paralysis,  (five  minutes  before 

midnight,)  May  23,  1861,  in  his  77th  year.* 

5.  Abby,  Feb.  37,  1787  ;  married  Daniel  Porter,  Dec.  0,  180G.     She  died 

of  consumption,  April  12,  1831,  aged  34. 

6.  Chaklotte,  .Jime  39,   1789;  married  Samuel  Condit,  Sept.  32,  1811; 

and  secondly,  Daniel  Porter,  her  brother-in-law,  Dec.  37,  1833. 

7.  Bethuel,  Sept.  14,  1791,  unmarried;  resided  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  died 

there  Dec.  4,  1861.     His  remains  were  brought  to  Orange,  and  in- 
terred by  the  side  of  his  brother  Lewis.t 

8.  Nancy,  Feb.  38,  1793;  married,  1815,  Abiel  Dodd,  son  of  Eleazar. 

(See  Sec.  IX.,  John  Dod.)     She  died  of  dropsy.  May  31,  1851, 
aged  58. 

9.  Mary,  July  33,  1795;  married  John  T.  Munn. 


Jaeed  Dodd,  son  of  the  Jared  who  fell  a  victim  to  the  ethDeg. 
British  practice  of  impressment,  was  born  July  8,  1798 ;  mar- 
ried Catharine  Garrabrant,  March  20,  1818,  and  had  : 

1.  Lydia,  born  December  4,  1830;  married  Dennis  P.  Edwards,  Sept.  39, 

1839. 

2.  Horace  C.  Dodd,  Ijorn  Oct.  5,  1832. 

3.  Sears  Dodd,  born  July  15,  1834;  died  July  17,  1835. 

4.  Caroline,  born  Oct.  30,  1838;  married  William  B.  Douglas,  June  2, 

1849. 


*  Lewis  Dodd  carried  on  the  shoe  making  business  for  several  years. 
He  also,  at  one  time,  took  cargoes  of  fruit  and  cider  to  sell  at  the  South. 
On  one  of  these  voyages  he  had  to  leave  his  cargo,  on  account  of  the 
yellow  fever,  incurring  a  ruinous  loss ;  but  by  perseverance  acquiretl  a 
competency  for  his  old  age,  and  made  a  good  provision  for  his  children. 

t  Bethuel  learned  the  chair  maker's  trade  with  Daniel  Ailing  of  New- 
ark. He  went  to  St.  Louis  when  a  young  man,  and  resided  there  till  his 
death.  He  traded  at  one  time  with  the  Indians,  and  amassed  a  fortune, 
but  lost  it. 


68  ORE  A  T-  GRANDS  ON  JOSEPH.  [Part  I. 

5.  William  Y.  Dodd,  born  May  5,  1832. 

6.  Hannah,    )  (  married  Clias.L.Pierson  Oct.  8, 1855. 

Mjorn  July  10,  1834,-^ 

7.  Harriet,  )  j      '         '  |  ^^^^  j^^^^  2q^  ^gg^^  ^^  ^^^  ^.^^^  ^^^ 

8.  Anson  Dodd,  born  August  30,  1836  ;  died  Oct.  9,  1838. 

9.  Charlotte  Louisa,  bom  March  23,  1842. 


5thDeg.  Lewis,  of  Matthias,  married,  Nov.  12, 1808,  Elizabeth  Bald- 
win, (daughter  of  Caleb  Baldwin,*)  who  was  born  Dec.  17, 
1788.     They  resided  in  East  Orange,  and  had : 

1.  Rachel,   August  20,    1809;  married  John  Dunham,  Dec.  28,  1828. 

They  live  in  Newark,  and  have  had  :  1.  Horace  M. ;  2.  Josephine ; 
3.  George  T.,  (di'owned  in  Rahway  river ;)  4.  Alwilda. 

2.  Jane,  Sept.  11,  1811 ;  married  Fernando  Grans,  Sej^t.  1,  1830.     They 

live  in  East  Orange,  and  have  had:  1.  Lewis  Dodd;  2.  Adeline  ; 
3.  Sarah  Jane,  (deceased  ;)  4.  Julia. 

3.  Matthias  Munn,  Jan.  24,  1814.     A  farmer  and  milkman,  on  the  old 

homestead  in  East  Orange. 

4.  Lydia,  April  9,  1810;  married  David  C.  Runyon,  Dec.  3,  1838.    They 

live  in  Newark,  and  have :  1.  Mary  J. ;  2.  Laura  ;  3.  Enos ;  4.  Fer- 
nando Crans ;  5.  Liu'anah ;  G.  Susan  Jaques. 

5.  Jared,  April  27,  1818.     Carried  on  the  carpenter's  business  many 

years  at  Saugerties,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.     Resides  now  in  Sauk  Co., 
Wisconsin. 

6.  Sarah,  August  8,  1820;  manied  Charles  S.  Osborne,  Oct.  4,  1842. 

They  live  in  Newark,  and  have  ;  1.  Jasper  Crane;  2.  Florence;  3. 


*  John  Baldwin,  who  died  1773,  aged  90,  and  is  buried  at  Connecticut 
Farms,  (brother  of  Joseph  Biildwin,  who  died  1776,  aged  92,  and  was 
buried  at  Newark,)  is  the  head  of  this  branch  of  Baldwins.  His  sons 
were  Enos,  Nathan  and  Ezekiel.  The  last  married  Sarah  Baldwin,  aunt 
or  great-aunt  to  the  late  Jcjitha  Baldwin  of  South  Orange.  They  were 
the  parents  of  Caleb  Baldwin  named  above. 


Sec.  III.  ]  GREA  T-  GRANDS  ON  JOSEPH.  69 

Charles  Ernest,  (died  an  infant;)  4.  Charles  Herbert;  5.  Walter 
Dodd. 

7.  William,  Nov.  U,  1823.     Lives  in  Newark.     Foreman  in  a  hat  man- 

ufactory. 

8.  Bethuel  Lewis,  Jan.  IG,  1826. 

9.  Julia  Ann,  Feb.  17, 1828 ;  married  Edward  Wallace,  Sept.  27,  1855. 

They  live  in  New  York  city,   and   have  had :   1.  William ;   2. 
Lewis,  (deceased ;)  3.  (died   unnamed ;)    4.  (died  unnamed ;)  5. 
Lucy  Adeline,  born  June  15,  18G2. 
Thus  it  appears  that  the  living  descendants  of  Lewis  Dodd  are  nine 
cMldi'cn,  thuiy-two  grand-chikken,  and  four  great-grand  children. 


Matthias  M.,  of  Lewis,  married  Harriet  Eowe,  (daugliter  ethDcg. 
of  Stephen  Eowe,  dec'd,)  Jan.  21,  1838,  and  had : 

1.  Ann  Elizabeth,  Nov.  10,  1838;  married,  Sept.  23,  1858,  Aaron  P. 

Mitchell.     Has  a  son,  Winthrop  Dodd  Mitchell,  born  May  7,  1862. 

2.  Catharine  Elmira,  April  11,  1840 ;  married  Horace  N.   Jennings, 

Feb.  18,  1863.* 

3.  Adelaide,  April  12,  1849. 


*  IIoKACE  N.  Jennings,  who  married  Myra  (or  Catharine  Elmira)  second 
daughter  of  Matthias  M.  Dodd,  is  a  grandson  of  Samuel  Burnet,  of  Liv- 
ingston. His  maternal  great-grandfather  was  Deacon  Abner  Ball,  a  great- 
grandson  of  Edward  Ball,  one  of  the  companions  of  Daniel  Dod  in  the 
first  settlement  of  Newark.  Aaron  P.  Mitchell,  who  married  Ann 
Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter  of  M.  M.  Dodd,  was  also,  I  think,  a  de- 
scendant of  Edward  Ball.  Lydia,  daughter  of  Edward  Ball,  married 
Joseph  Peck,  and  had  two  sons.  Deacon  Joseph  Peck  of  Orange,  and 
Timothy  Peck,  of  Morristown.  John  Peck,  Esq.,  son  of  the  deacon,  had 
l.)y  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  Dodd,  two  sons,  Joseph  and  Stephen.  Joseph 
married  Marj^  Hedden,  (daughter  of  Jonathan,)  and  had  five  daughters, 
the  youngest  of  whom,  Mary  Ann,  married  Lewis  Mitchell,  of  East 
Orange.  If  this  genealogy  is  correct,  then  Aaron  P.  Mitchell  is  de- 
scended from  Daniel  Dod  1st  in  two  different  lines,  through  Elizabeth 
Dodd,  daughter  of  Stephen,  and  through  Rebekah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Dod  1st,  and  wife  of  Joseph  Hedden,  Sen'r. 


70  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSEPH.  [Pakt  I. 

6th  Deg.  Jared,  of  Lewis,  married  Eliza  Carle,  (daughter  of  Freder- 
ick Carle,)  Oct.  10,  1841  ;  they  now  live  at  Prairie  da  Sac, 
Wisconsin,  and  have  had : 

1.  George  D.,  Dec.  23,  1843. 

2.  Catharine  E.,  Dec.  23,  1845. 

3.  S.VRAH  J.,  Aug.  3,  1849. 

4.  Lewis,  Dec.  21,  1851. 

5.  WiLLiAJi  J.,  Sept.  23,  1856. 

6.  Julia  W.,  Sept.  21,  1858. 


6th  Deg.      William,  of  Lewis,  married  March  28,  1849,  Emma  A, 
Bloodgood,  (daughter  of  Matthias  Bloodgood,  of  N.  Y.)  and 
has : 
1.  Ella,  Jaii.  14,  1850. 


«thDeg.  Bethuel  L.,  of  Lcwis,  graduated  at  Nassau  Hall,  Princeton, 
and  also  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New 
York  city  ;  is  a  physician,  practicing  in  Newark.  He  married 
Susan  E.  Jaques,  (daughter  of  John  Jaques,  dec'd,)  Oct.  4, 
1854,  and  has : 

1.  Mllton  Coles,  Jan.  12,  1857. 

2.  Clara  Blanche,  Feb.  23,  1859. 

3.  Matthias  Munn,  May  6,  1801. 

4.  Lydia  Grace,  March  20,  1863. 


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4th Deg.  Ebenezer,  of  Joscph,  married  Deborah  Crane,  sister  to  the 
wife  of  Moses  Dodd  of  Bloomfield,  and  half-sister  to  the  wife 
of  Zebina  Dodd.  Their  children  were,  (the  first  four  or  five 
born  at  Bloomfield,  N.  J.) : 

1.  Betsey,  born  March,  1779;  married  William  Early,  and  died,  1811, 
in  Jeflfereon  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Sec.  III.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSEPH.  71 

2.  Mary,  bom  Sept.  1781 ;  married  Henry  Carjienter  about  1800,  and 

Oliver  Tuttle  about  1801 ;  died  in  1812,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y. ; 
left  one  son  Ezra  Tuttle,  who  lives  in  Cleveland,  O. 

3.  Ezra  Buel,   born   July,    1784;    still  living,   till  March,   1861,   in 

Toledo,  0.  , 

4.  Nancy,  bom  about  1785;  married  Wm.  A.  Lynde  at  Utica  about 

1805,  and  died  in  Ohio,  Oct.  1858,  aged  73.  She  left  three  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

5.  Lois,  born  a])out  1787 ;  died  at  Caldwell,  N.  J.,  about  1794,  aged  7. 
G.  EcENEZER  LiNDLEY,  l)om  at  Caldwell  about  1790;  died  unmarried, 

1815. 
7  and  8.  Twin  boys,  bom  at  Caldwell,  N.  J. ;  died  the  same  year. 
9.  Joshua  Horton,  bora  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1794 ;  died  in  New  York 

city,  Jan.  12,  1827,  aged  33. 

10.  Joseph,  bora  at  Craneto^\m,  N.  J.,  1796;  died  at  Dexter,  N.  Y.,  in 

1846.  He  married  Eliza  Wood,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about 
1823  or  1825;  and  left  three  sons,  Lindley,  Alexander  and  Edwin, 
or  Edmund,  supi^osed  to  be  living  in  Illinois. 

11.  John,  bom  about  1799,  in  Remsen,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  was  probably 

lost  at  sea  about  the  year  1835. 

12.  Valeria,  bom  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  1802;  married  Dr.  Alfred  W.  Gray; 

and  died  in  Chautauque  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1856,  leaving  four 
daughters  and  one  son. 


Ezra  B.,  of  Ebenezer,  built  and  commanded  the  second  sthDeg. 
American  steamboat  on  Lake  Ontario.  It  was  named  the 
Brownville,  after  the  place  where  built,  and  was  destroyed  by 
fire  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  in  1828.  After  sailing  Lake  Ontario 
the  greater  part  of  the  time  for  80  years,  Capt.  E.  B.  Dodd 
removed  to  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1832.  (Toledo  then  contained 
twenty  souls;  now  it  numbers  as  many  thousands.)  He  married 
at  Utica,  Jan.  1,  1810,  Catharine  Wood,  who  died  at  Toledo, 


72  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSEPH.  [Pakt  I. 

Jan.  1, 1833.  In  April,  1888,  he  married,  secondly,  Mary  Ann 
Crabbe,  an  English  woman ;  she  died  in  1838,  leaving  no  chil- 
dren alive.  In  1839,  he  married,  thirdly,  Adeline  Lewis.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  fourteen  children,  eight  of  whom  died 
young ;  by  his  second  wife  three,  none  of  whom  lived  beyond 
infancy ;  by  the  third  wife  one  son,  in  all  eighteen  children, 
only  four  of  whom  are  now  living.     Those  that  grew  up  were : 

Jane,  the  eldest,  married  George  Turner,  both  deceased,  leaving  one 
daughter,  Catharine  Turner. 

Harkiet,  married  Coleman  J.  Keelcr,  in  Toledo,  in  1837.  Both  died  in 
1845  or  1846,  leaving  one  daughter  Catharine. 

John  W.  was  State  Auditor  of  Indiana  for  four  years,  from  1856  to  1860. 
He  marrictl  Eliza  J.  Seward  in  Fel^ruary,  1844,  and  has  one  son, 
William  Seward  Dodd,  born  at  Marion,  Grant  County,  Ind.,  Nov. 
1846.* 

Harrison  H.,  (assistant  in  his  brother's  office,)  married  in  Toledo,  O., 
May,  1847,  to  Ann  Maria  Bradford ;  and  has  three  sons ;  1.  Ilariy 
Bradford,  born  in  Toledo,  1850 ;  2.  Richard,  born  in  Toledo, 
1852;  3.  Story,  bom  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  1858.* 

Alfred,  bora  1831 ;  died  in  Toledo,  1844. 

Maria,  yomigest  of  first  wife's  children,  married  in  1848,  to  Charles  A. 
King,  who  is  a  large  forwarding  merchant  in  Toledo. 

Edward  Scott  Dodd,  the  son  of  the  third  wife,  born  al)out  1843. 
Capt.  Ezra  B.  Dodd  died  March,  1861,  in  his  77th  year.     He  was  \\w 

last  survivor  of  the  children  of  Ebenezer  Dodd. 


5th  Deg.      Joshua  II.,  of  Ebenezer,  married,  Jan.  9,  1817,  Mary  Ann 
Heimcr,  who  died  four  months  after  him.  May  4,  1827 ;  and 

*  It  may  l)c  that  John  AV.  and  Harrison  H.  Dodd  have  also  daughters. 
Wlien  they  sent  the  names  of  their  sons,  they  probably  supposed  the 
names  of  their  daughters  were  not  asked  for. 


Sec.  III.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSEPH.  73 

had  the  following  children,  all  of  whom  were  born  in  New 
York  city : 

1.  Joshua  Hobton,  Jr.,  Jan.  9,  1818.     He  died  inNyack,  Rockland  Co., 

N.  Y.,  Feb.  24,  1838,  aged  20. 

2.  Ebenezer  Lindsley,  April  4,  1819.     Living  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

3.  RiCHAED  WiNSET,  May  31,  1831.     Living  in  Chicago,  111. 

4.  Eliza  V.vleria,  Nov.  3,  1834  ;  died  July  18,  1835. 

5.  Joseph  Montgomeky,  April  35,  1837;  (three  months  after  his  father's, 

and  nine  days  before  his  mother's  death.)     He  died  in  Montgom- 
ery, Georgia,  Nov.  1844,  at  the  age  of  17. 


Ebenezer  L.,  of  Joshua  H.,  is  doing  business  in  Cleveland,  ethDeg. 
O.     lie  married,  Nov.   11,  1858,   Sarah  B.  Sandford,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Conn. 


Richard  W.,  of  Joshua  IT.,  married,  Nov.  26,  1843,  Sarah  ethDeg. 
C,  Collins,  of  Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  and   has  had  four  children, 
the  first  born  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  the  others  in  Chicago,  111. 

1.  Joseph  Lindsley,  Aug.  31,  1844. 
3.  Frank  Wilbur,  June  27, 1847. 

3.  Maiua  Louisa,  July  13,  1851. 

4.  Mary  Emma,  April  19,  1855;  died  Aug.  9,  1859. 


Joseph,  of  Ebenezer,  married  Eliza  Wood,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  5th Deg. 
N.  Y.,  about  1823  ;  and  had  four  sons  and  five  daughters. 
The  daughters  were  named  Jane,  Nancy,  Harriet,  Catharine, 
and  Frances  Maria.     The  sons  were  : 

Ebenezer  L.,  Ijorn  about  1834;  married  1858. 

Alexander,      "        "      1838. 
10 


74  GREAT- ORANDSON  JOSEPH.  [Part  I, 

Harkison,  "        "      1840  ;  (lied  1844,  aged  4. 

Edmund,  "        "      1845. 

The  surviving  sons  arc  supposed  to  be  living  in  Illinois. 


4th  Deg.  Joseph  2d,  of  Joseph,  lived  and  died  in  Bloomfield.  He 
married  bis  cousin,  Eimicc  Baldwin,  daughter  of  David  and 
Eunice.  She  was  born  March  5,  1703,  and  died  in  1814. 
They  had : 

1.  Mary,  March  27,  178G  ;  married  Thomas  Marr,  Jan.  5,  1807,  and  has 
two  children,  Charles  and  Martha.  Mr.  Marr  died  Aug.  1809  ;  his 
widow  lives  with  licr  son  in  Bloomfield. 

3.  Sarah,  Sept.  11,  1788 ;  died  Feb.  1813,  aged  25. 

3.  Joseph,  Sept.  12,  1790.    Lives  in  Jersey  City.    Is  employed  m  the 

New  York  Post  Office. 

4.  Louisa,  Nov.  1,  1792;  married  Aaron  E.  Ballard.    Lives  in  Newark. 

5.  ZoPHAR  Baldwin,  Oct  28, 1794. 

6.  Lydia,Nov.  1,  179G;  married  Joseph  Force,  Jun.     Lived  in  Whip- 

pany,  Morris  Co.     Her  husband  died  1829,  and  she  died  in  Bloom- 
field, June,  1849,  aged  53.* 

7.  Martha,  Nov.  27,  1798 ;  died  Sept.  1805,  aged  7. 

8.  William,  Feb.  28,  1801 ;  died  1824,  aged  33. 

9.  Matthias,  April  3, 1803;  died  1805,  aged  2. 

o 

stuDeg.  Joseph  3d,  of  Joseph  2d,  married  Nancy  M.  Clark,  daugh- 
ter of  Jotham  Clark  of  Plainfield,  in  1813.     They  had  : 

1.  Sarah  A.,  married  David  D.  Crane.    Live  in  New  York. 

2.  Amarintha. 


*  The  children  of  Lydia  and  Joseph  Force  were  George,  died  1837  ; 
William,  died  1844;  Charles;  Mary,  died  1849. 


Sec.  III.]  GREAT-0RAND80N  JOSEPH.  75 

3.  Caroline  M. 

4.  Margaret  P.,  married  John  Squier,  Jr. ;  lias  two  daughters,  Josephine 

D.  and  Maggie. 

5.  George  P. 

G.  Wn.LiAM  J.,  graduated  at  the  University,  in  New  York  city.  Is  a 
teacher :  was  employed  for  a  year  or  two  Jjefore  1860,  at  the  South ; 
now  resides  in  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J.     Is  not  married. 

7.  Eunice  B. 

8.  Elizabeth  J.,  or  Lizzie, 


George  P.,  of  Joseph  3d,  lives  in  Jersey  City,  and  does  ethDeg. 
grocery  business  in  New  York.     He  married  Mary  P.  Jewell, 
has  had  one  daughter : 
Mary  Isabella,  (died  young.) 


ZoPHAR  B.,  of  Joseph  2d,  lives  in  Bloomfield  ;  is  Secretary  sth  Deg. 
of  the  Essex  County  Insurance  Company.     He  married  Jane 
Cochran,  who  was  born  May  12,  1794,  and  died  Feb.  16, 1851. 
Second  marriage  March  23,  1853,  to  Sophia  Topping,  a  native 
of  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y.     His  children  are  : 

1.  TnoMAS  Cochran,  Jan.  15,  1818.     Lives  in  Bloomfield.    Is  in  the 

ship-chandler's  business. 

2.  Sarah  Louisa,  Feb.  22,  1819  ;  died  June  1,  1844. 

3.  Mary  Jane,  May  23,  1820;  married  May,  1847,  Joseph  K.  Oakes,  and 

has  4  children,  Louis,  Edward,  Charies  and  Netty. 

4.  Esther  Caroline,  Dec.  19,  1821 ;  died  March  22,  1822. 

5.  Edward  Mills,  June  22,  1824 ;  is  a  minister  of  the  Gospel. 

6.  Esther  Catharine,  June  26,  1829  ;  died  May  7,  1832. 

7.  Catharine  Maria,  Oct.  8,  1835.    Is  a  teacher  in  Smyrna,  Turkey, 

with  her  brother  Edward  M. 


70  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSEPH.  [Part  I. 

cth  Deg.      Thomas  C,  of  Zophar  B.,  married  Sept.  1840,  Ann  Eliza 
Cowl  of  New  York,  and  has  six  children  : 

1.  Edward  C. 

2.  Frank  S. 

3.  Maky  W. 

4.  Joseph  H. 

5.  Ortn  C. 

6.  Anna  Louisa. 


cthDeg.  Edwakd  M.,  of  Zopbar  B.,  married  Lydia  H.  Babbit,  Oct. 
20,  1848 ;  and  embarked  Jan,  1,  1849,  as  a  missionary  of  tbe 
American  Board.  He  was  in  this  country  visiting  the  churches 
in  behalf  of  missions,  in  1802.  He  is  now  in  Smyrna,  Turkey, 
and  has : 

1.  Hetty. 

2.  Jennette  ;  died  Jau.  2,  1 861 . 

3.  Isabella. 

4.  William  Schofler  Don,  l)orn  Jan.  2,  18G1,  (same  day  that  Jenuette 

died.) 


4tiiDeg.  Moses,  of  Joseph,  born  Oct.  4,  1773,  died  June  1,  1844, 
aged  71 ;  married  Feb.  20,  1802,  Mary  Taylor,  who  was  born 
April  0,  1784,  and  died  May  6,  1819,  aged  85.  The  parents 
and  several  of  the  children  rest  in  the  grave  yard  at  Orange. 
The  children  were  : 

1.  John  TAYiiOR,  May  20,  1803;  died  at  seven  months. 

2.  Mary  Williams,  April  11,  1805;  died  Jan.  22,  1841,  aged  30.     Slic 

was  the  fii'st  wife  of  Robert  Patton  Day. 

3.  Moses,  (Jr.)  Dec.  8,  1807 ;  was  a  miller  at  Rondout,  N.  Y. ;  died  at 

Kingston,  N.  Y.,  after  a  lingering  illness,  Aj^ril  25,  1802,  aged  54. 

4.  Edward  Doughty,  Sept.  4,  1810  ;  died  Nov.  13,  1850,  aged  40. 

5.  Ann,  April  17,  1813  ;  died  Nov.  13,  at  7  mnnllis. 

0.  Jane,  July  28,  1815;  married  Aimer  W.  Allen,  of  Bridgeiiort,  Conn, 


Sec.  III.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSErn.  77 

Moses,   of  Moses,  married  Feb.  4,  1835,  Mira  Elizabeth  5th  Deg. 
Belknap.     She  died  Feb.  7,  1849.     They  had  : 

1.  Mary  Jane,  July  5,  1837. 

2.  Ann  Maria,  May  28,  1841. 

3.  Mira,  July  31,  1845. 

4.  Margaret  Elizabeth,  Juue  15,  1848. 


Edward  D.,  of  Moses,  was  a  builder  in  Newark.     He  mar-  stiiDeg. 
ried  July  31,  1833,  Esther  E.  Morehouse,  who  was  born  June 
18,  1813;  (daughter  of  David  W.  and  Nancy  Farrand  More- 
house.)   She  lives  in  Livingston,  N,  J.,  with  her  younger  chil- 
dren.    The  children  are : 

1.  Edward,  Oct.  7,  1834;  married  Frances  W.  Ellis,  June  3,  1857,  and 

had  a  daughter,  Mary  Ellis  Dndd,  April  10, 1 858.    Lives  in  Newark- 

2.  John,  Feb.  17,  183G;  lives  in  Newark.* 

3.  David,  May  19,  1838. 

4.  Eliza  Earl,  Aug.  17,  1840. 

5.  Farrand,  Sept.  3,  1842.     Belongs  to  the  13th  Reg.  N  J.  Volunteers. 

6.  Moses,  Oct.  31,  1844;  died  at  12  years,  Dec.  1,  185G. 

7.  IVIary  Day,  April  10,  1848;  died  at  4  months,  Aug.  19,  1848. 

8.  Charles,  Oct.  3,  1850. 


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Allen,  (born  May  9,  1783,  died  Oct.  26,   1857,)  youngest  4tbDeg. 
child  of  Joseph,  lived  in  Orange  near  Dr.  Wm.  Pierson.     lie 
married  Nov.  3,  1810,  Mary  Osborn,  one  of  fourteen  children 


*  John  Dodd,  of  Edward  D.,  was  Second  Lieutenant  in  Company  H< 
2Gth  Regiment,  New  .Jersey  Volunteers,  (nine  montirs  men).  He  dis- 
tinguished himself  in  the  battle  of  Chancellorville,  rer(;iving,  for  his 
coolness  and  braver^',  a  vciy  complimentary  notice  from  his  Colonel. 


78  GIIEA  TO  HANDS  ON  JOSEPH.  [Part  I. 

of  Joseph  Osborn  of  llano vcr  Neck.     She  was  boru  May  31, 
1790.     They  had : 

1.  Joseph  M.,  Sept.  2G,  1811 ;  died  Sept.  3, 1816,  aged  5. 

2.  George  A.,  April  15,  1814  ;  died  Feb.  15,  1854,  aged  40. 

3.  Daniel,  Jan.  15,  1817. 

4.  Mary  Elizabeth,  May  27,  1838;  married  Isaac  B.  KiDnini,  Oct.  20, 

1852,  and  has  one  son,  Franklin  Killmrn,  born  July  11, 1854. 


5th Deg.      George  A.,  of  Allen,  married  Elizabeth   Condit,     Their 
children  are : 

1.  Joseph  Morris,  Dec.  23,  183G. 

2.  Lemuel,  Sept.  26,  1838. 

3.  Jane,  Dec.  27,  1840. 

4.  Allen,  March  30,  1844.* 

5.  Elizabeth,  May  10,  1848. 

6.  George,  July  12,  1850. 

7.  Emily,  June  3,  1852. 

0 


5th  Deg.  Daniel,  of  Allen,  graduated  in  1835  at  the  University  of 
New  York  with  the  highest  honors,  and  is  an  attorney-at-law, 
residing  in  Newark.  He  was  also  several  years  an  Alderman 
of  Newark.  He  married  Julia  B.  Hitchcock,  of  New  York 
city,  May  9,  1850,  and  has : 

1.  Margaret  Cronkhite  Dodd,  bom  Oct.  20,  1855. 

2.  Daniel,  born  October  16,  1860. 


*  Allen  Dodd  was  a  volunteer  in  the  5th  N.  Y.  Regiment,  Duryca's 
Zouaves,  in  the  spring  of  1861,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Big  Bethel, 
and  again  on  ])oard  the  steamer  Harriet  Lane,  on  her  capture  ))y  the 
rebels  in  Galveston  harbor  on  the  1st  January,  1863.  The  name  of  Allen 
was  originally  Ailing,  as  ai)pear3  from  the  will  of  Joseph  Dodd,  and  was 
doul^tlcss  given  in  memory  of  Surah  Ailing,  wife  of  Daniel  3d. 


Haiilul  iBt. 

nmiiel  2il.    Isl  Deg. 

Uauli'l   3(1.    2d  Dfg. 


GREAT-GRANDSON      AMOS. 

Section  IV.  ( 

Descendants  ol  Amos,  sixth  son  of  Daniel  3d. 

AMOS,  of  Daniel  3d,  (1737-1811,)  was  a  Captain  of  Mili-  3d  Dog. 
tia  in  the  Revolution.     He  married  Hannah  Condit,  who 
died  June  23,  1826,  in  her  87th  year.     She  was  daughter  of 
Isaac  Condit,  and  sister  to  the  wife  of  Joshua  Dodd.     They 
lived  in  Bloomfield,  and  had : 

1.  Isaac,  June  37,  17G3  ;  died  April  24,  1846,  aged  nearly  83. 
3.  Eunice,  June  3,  1705  ;  married  Joel  Williams.*     She  died  May   14, 
1853,  aged  88. 

3.  Mary,  July  39,  1768 ;  married^ John  Condit,  son  of  Matthew  Condit 

of  Orange,  (next  Stephen  D.  Day's).  They  had:  1.  Elisha;  3. 
Wickliife  S. ;  3.  Israel  D.  (died  young) ;  4.  Israel  D.  3d,  lives  at  Mill- 
burn.     Mrs.  Condit  died  Nov.  5,  1841,  aged  73. 

4.  Sarah,  Aug.  4,  1770;  married  Squire  Baldwin,  son  of  Jonathan  Bald- 

win. She  died  Nov.  35,  1833,  aged  63.  She  had  Maria,  married 
Joseph  Collins ;  Patty,  married  Samuel  Jewel ;  Eliza,  married 
Elias  Wilcox. 


*  Jairus,  Joel,  Gershom,  Maiy,  Eunice,  Rlioda  and  Jotham  were  chil- 
dren of  Gershom  Williams.  Joel  Williams  and  Eunice  Dod  had  Jotham, 
Amos,  Hervey,  Betsey  and  Malvina.  This  last  Jotham  never  married. 
Joel  Williams  Avas  born  Feb.  11,  1764,  and  died  Fel>.  38,  1849,  tlie  saiiu- 
day  that  Nathaniel  Dodd  died,  (sou  of  Joshua).  John  Condit  died  at 
Savaimah,  Geo.,  Feb.  31,  1803,  aged  37  years. 


80  GBEAT-ORANDSON  AMOS.  [Part  I. 

5.  Elizabeth,  Feb.  28,  1773 ;  died^Oct.  4,  1776,  at  3  years. 

6.  Daniel,  March  2,  1776;  died  Dec.  7,  1854,  in  his  79Ui  year. 

7.  Amos,  Oct.  4,  1781 ;  died  March  26,  1851,  in  his  70th  year. 
(Average  age  of  the  six  who  grew  \i^  nearly  76  years.) 


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4th  Deg.  Isaac,  of  Amos,  married  May,  1788,  Mary  or  Polly  James, 
who  died  Dec.  8,  1826,  in  her  58th  year.  They  lived  at 
Bloomfield,  and  had  three  daughters  : 

1.  Betsey  W.,  bom  Aug.  16, 1789 ;  married  Dr.  Eleazcr  D.  "Ward,  Aug.  10, 

1807,  and  died  Aug.  8,  1838. 

2.  Lucv,   Feb.  17,   1792;  married  Jaljcz  Cook,  of  Newarlv,  March  19, 

1815;  and  died  Aug.  12,  1851. 

3.  Makia,  Nov.  19,  1798;  still  living,  unmarried,  in  1860. 
(Isaac  Dodd  married,  secondly,  Anna  Davis,  June  26,  1828.) 


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4ihDeg.  Daniel,  of  Amos,  married  Esther  Ward,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Ward.  She  died  Sept.  20,  1852.  They  lived  in 
Bloomfield,  and  had  nine  children  : 

1.  PnEBE,  born  March  11,  1794  ;  married  Jacob  K.  Mead,  Esq.,  Ajuil  14, 

1839,  and  died  Dec.  27,  1854,  aged  60. 

2.  Lewis,  July  31,  1796;  died  Nov.  1,  1818,  aged  23  years, 
o.  Piilletta,  Jan.  6,  1798.     Living. 

4.  Josiaii,  March  14,  18(50 ;  died  Dec.  20,  1857,  aged  57. 

5.  Isaac,  July  9,  1803  ;  died  an  infant,  March  6,  1803. 

6.  Abby,  Feb.  11,  1804;  died  unmarried,  Jan.  6,  1842,  agetl  38. 

7.  Isaac  Newton,  Aug.  29,  1807. 

8.  Sahaii  a.,  March  22,  1810 ;  married  Sept.  1833,  Elias  Osborn,  and 

died  Jan.  9,  1835,  aged  25. 

9.  Amos  A.,  May  29,  1816. 


Sec.  IV.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  AMOS.  81 

JosiAH,  of  Daniel  of  Amos,   lived  at  Bloomfickl,  was  a  5ihDeg. 
cabinet  maker,     lie  married  1st,    Phebe   Baldwin,  Dec.  31, 
1822 ;  and  2d,  Augusta  Darling,  Feb.  18,  1851.     By  his  first 
wife  he  had : 

1.  Ann  Elizabeth,  Sept.  1834 ;  married  April  14,  1847,  Ira  Condit, 

and  removed  to  the  State  of  Ohio. 

2.  Edward  Lewis,  Sept.  1826 ;  lives  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

3.  Chaules  Augustus,  May,  1829  ;  died  Oct.  1830. 

4.  George  Frederick,  1831 ;  lives  in  Camp  street,  Newark,  and  does 

business  in  New  York  city. 

5.  Mary  Louisa,  Aug.  1833;  married  June  2,   1854,   Arthur  Climo; 

lives  at  Cleveland,  O. ;  has  two  sons. 

6.  Charles  H.,  born  1836  ;  sUed  1842. 

7.  Henry  A.,  Jan.  1839;  died  Oct.  1839. 

8.  Theodore,  Sept.  1840;  lives  m  New  York. 

9.  Phebe  Mead,  born  Feb.  1843  ;  died  Nov.  1863.  ) 

>■  Twins. 
10.  Charlotte  DorExMUS,  born  FcIj.  1843  ;  died  July  26 


},  1843.  i" 


Edward  L.,  of  Josiah,  married  Susan  Elizabeth  Peet,  Jan.  ctuDeg. 
1,  1847,  and  has: 

1.  William  R.,  born  Nov.  28,  1847,  at  Newark,  N.  J. 
3.  IIeber  p.,  born  July  15,  1850,  at  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 
0 

George  F.,  of  Josiah,  married  Emeline  Brower,  Jan.   10,  ciuDeg. 
1854,  and  has  had : 
1.  Freeman  Camp,  March  29,  1855. 
3.  Julia  Gertrude,  Oct.  3,  1856;  died  March  36,  1860. 
3.  Samuel  Corwin,  Nov.  14,  1858. 


Isaac  Newton,  of  Daniel  of  Amos,  married  June  13, 1833,  cthDcg. 

Mary  K.  Dodd,  daughter  of  Ira,  and  has  three  children  : 
11 


82  GREAT-GRANDSON  AMOS.  [Part  I. 

1.  Walter  Howel,  bora  Sept  15,  1834 ;  lives  in  Newark. 

2.  David  Seabury,  July  25,  1837 ;  lives  in  New  York. 

3.  Mary,  June  4,  1849. 

o 

5th  Deg.      Amos  A.,  of  Daniel  of  Amos,  married,  1839,  Georgiana 
Downs ;  lives  at  the  West ;  and  has  four  children. 

1.  William  A.,  bom  Sept.  1843,  (or  1842  ?) 

2.  George,  born  about  1845. 

3.  Wallace,  born  about  1848. 

4.  Herbert,  born  about  1858. 


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4th  Deg.      Amos  2d,  of  Amos,  married  Polly  Canfield;  lived  in  New- 
ark and  Bloomfield,  and  had : 

1.  James  Collord,  March  8,  1801. 

2.  David  Canfield,  Sept.  5,  1806. 

3.  Harriet  Newel,  Jan.  9, 1815  ;  married  James  McCrackcn. 


BtiiDeg.      James  C,  of  Amos  2d,  married  Nov.  20,  1822,  Elizabeth 
Harrison ;  lives  in  Bloomfield,  and  had : 

1.  George  C,  Oct.  14, 1823. 

2.  David  C,  Nov.  7,  1825. 

3.  Mary  E.,  Aug.  3,  1829  ;  died  Nov.  4,  1841. 

4.  Harriet  N.,  Aug.  16,  1833;  married  Thomas  C.  Davis,  Oct.  1,  1856. 

She  died  Jan.  26, 1862,  aged  28  years  5  mouths.     A  most  cstinuiljle 
woman. 

5.  James,  July  28,  1842. 

0 

othDe        George  C,  of  James  C,  married  Ellen  D.  Beach,  May  6, 
1845  ;  and  had : 
1.  Ellen  M.,  June  25,  1846;  died  May  26,  1847. 


Sec.  IV.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  AMOS.  83 

2.  Mary  E.,  Aug.  13,  1847  ;  died  Jan.  3, 1855. 

3.  Alice  J.,  Sept.  3,  1850. 

4.  Laura  L.,  Dec.  29, 1855 ;  died  Dec.  5, 1857. 


David  C.  (Jun'r),  of  James  C,  is  a  manufacturing  jeweler  cthDeg. 
in  Newark ;  was  an  alderman  in  1858-9  and  1860.     He  mar- 
ried Adeline  R.  Mulford,  May  16,  1849,  and  had : 

1.  Jesse  A.,  July  6,  1850. 
3.  Jennie  E.,  Jan.  23, 1853. 

3.  Henry  Kingsland,  June  4,  1855. 

4.  Mary  A.,  Oct.  4,  1858. 


David  C.  (Sen'r),  of  Amos  2d,  married  Oct.  29,  1829,  Mary  CthDeg. 
Ann  King ;  lives  in  Newark,  and  has  : 

1.  Frederick  C,  Nov.  35,  1830;  married  Sarah  M.  Harrison,  daughter 

of  Moses  S.  Harrison,  dec'd ;  died  July  4,  1863 ;  had  no  children. 

2.  Caroline  Virginia,  Sept.  12, 1833;  married  Robert  Stoutenburgh. 

3.  Pierson  Gardner,  Oct.  1, 1837. 

4.  Kate  C,  Oct.  1, 1837  ;  married  Wm.  D.  Rutan. 

5.  John  King,  Aug.  10,  1839. 

6.  Marianna,  Aug.  13, 1842 ;  married,  Sept.  6, 1860,  Frank  H.  Price. 

7.  Julia  Ida,  Feb.  15,  1845. 


Pierson  G.,  of  David  C,  married  June  16,   1859,  Sarah  ethoeg. 

Elizabeth  Pierce. 

o 

John  K.,  of  David  C,  is  a  clerk  in  Newark.     He  married  6th  Deg. 

Aug.  29,  1859,  Emma  L.,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Francis,  and 

has: 

1.  Charles  Francis,  June  20,  I860. 


GREAT-GRANDSON      CALEB. 

Daniel  let.  -i  —M»e©ft^«_ 

1st  Deg.     Daniel   2d.  V 
2d  Deg.    Daniel   3.1.  )  oECTION     V . 

Descendants  of  Caleb,  youngest  son  of  Daniel  3d. 

3d  Deg.  /^  ALEB,  youngest  child  of  Daniel  3d,  was  a  Major  of 
V_y  Militia  in  the  Eevolution.  He  married  Mary  Harrison 
of  Newark,  daughter  of  Moses  Harrison,*  and  sister  to  Anna, 
who  married  Joseph  Ball  of  Bloomfield.  Major  Caleb  Dodd 
removed  to  Pine  Brook,  near  Horse  Neck,  Caldwell  township, 
and  died  there  of  the  fever  and  ague,  about  the  year  1780. 
His  widow  died  May,  1795.     Their  children  were : 

1.  Elijah,  Oct.  14,  17C1 ;  died  February  3,  1807,  at  or  near  Boonton, 

N.  J. 

2.  Rebecca,  May  11,  1763;  married  Joseph  Batterson,  of  Connecticut. 

3.  Annah,  Aug.  23,  1765;  married  William  Burnet,  (grandson  of  Aaron 

Bm-nct,  Jr.,  one  of  tlie  first  settlers  of  Madison,)  and  died  a 
widow,  June  26, 1818,  in  her  53d  year.  She  had  three  sons  and 
five  daughters. 

4.  Jabish,  July  14, 1767 ;  probably  died  very  young. 

5.  Sarah,  July  26, 1769;  married  John  Mead;  had  three  sons  and  four 

daughters. 

6.  Abby,  May  20,  1773;  married  Jabez  Harrison,  (son  of  David;)  she 

died  1803,  in  her  31st  year,  leaving  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

*  Moses  Ilarrison  was  son  of  Daniel  Harrison,  who  married  Abigail 
Ball.  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Benjamin  and  George  were  sons  of  Ser- 
geant Richard  Harrison. 


Sec.  v.]  OREAT-GRANDSON  CALEB.  85 

7.  Caleb,  May  18,  1775;    was  a  Captain  of  Militia ;  he  died  Jan.  9, 

1811,  aged  35. 

8.  Mary,  bom  Dec.  25,  1777  ;   married,  Dec.  13,  1798,  Captain  William 

^  Bates  of  Hanover.  She  had  fom-  or  five  (?)  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. She  died  Jan.  27,  1823,  in  her  46th  year.  Her  momunent 
records  that  "  she  was  the  oiphan's  friend,  and  the  poor  man's 
blessing."  Her  husband  died  June  3d,  1841,  in  his  70th  year; 
both  are  bmied  at  Whippany.  The  graves  and  memorials  of 
Annah,  Al)l)y  and  Caleb  are  at  Caldwell. 


Elijah,  eldest  son  of  Major  Caleb  DocI,  married,  Dec.  6,  4th  Deg. 
1786,  Lois  Williams,  who  was  born  Sept.  3,  1763,  and  died  in 
May,  1^38,  aged  nearly  75.     They  had : 

1.  jABisn,  Nov.  20,  1787;  died  Nov.  3,  1811,  aged  24. 

2.  Susan,  Aug.  15,  1789;    died  Jan.  9,  1833,  aged  33.      She  married 

William  Scott,  and  left  two  children  yet  living,  (1801.) 

3.  Abigail,  April  11,  1794.    She  married  Joseph  Scott,  brother  of  Wil- 

liam ;  five  children  living. 

4.  Bethhel,  May  28,  1796,  married  Ann  Hopler.      Had  children  that 

all  died  young,  except  one  daughter,  Euphemia,  who  is  married, 
lives  in  Michigan,  and  has  children. 

5.  Caleb,  Aug.  11,  1800;  killed  by  a  saw  log  when  young. 

6.  Elizabeth,  Jurie  4,  1802;   manied  Rev.  Jolm  G.  Kanouse,  now  m 

California.    They  have  ten  children. 

7.  Mary,  Oct.  5,  1804;  married  Lewis  King  of  Newark;  has  three  chil- 

dren living. 
The  direct  male  line  of  this  Elijah  Dodd  is  extinct,  but  there  are 
numerous  descendants  in  the  female  line. 


•~»A^A*#.^'*^*/<~ 


Capt.  Caleb   Dodd,  youngest  son  of  Major  Caleb  Dod,  4th ceg. 
married  Mary  Bates,  (sister  of  William  Bates) ;    she  died  at 


86  GREAT-GRANDSON  CALEB.  [Part  I. 

her  son  William's,  in  Napoleon,  Ohio,  Sept.  21,  1852,  at  the 

age  of  74.      Their  children  were  all  born  at  Horse  Neck, 
(Caldwell,)  New  Jersey : 

1.  Phebe  Maria,  married  Richard  Shaw,  an  Englishman.    He  was  a 

contractor  on  public  works.  They  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
four  died  young,  a  son  and  daughter  are  in  California,  and  two 
daughters — Mrs.  Emma  L.  Taylor  and  Mrs.  Anna  B.  Curtis— live 
in  Lafayette,  Indiana. 

2.  PmLEMON,  born  in  Jan.,   1799,  married  Rachel  Vanduync,   about 

1824,  and  settled  in  Defiance  County,  Ohio,  where  he  died,  Dec, 
1859.  He  had  four  sons,  who  all  died  young,  and  three  daugh- 
ters, Sarah,  Phebe  and  Miranda.  The  two  former  married 
brothers  of  the  name  of  Littell. 

3.  Sarah,  married  Robert  Reston,  lives  in  Lucas  County,  Ohio,  and  has 

a  son  and  two  daughters.     Her  husband  died  in  Toledo,  1854. 

4.  Ezra  Squires,  bom  June,  1803,  was  for  a  long  time  a  contractor  on 

public  works ;  lived  at  Toledo,  Ohio ;  was  a  Brigadier  General 
of  Militia,  and  a  member  of  the  Legislature.  He  died  in  Henry 
County  in  August,  1845,  aged  42. 

5.  Elijah,  bom  June,  1806,  removed  from  New  Jersey  to  Ohio  in  1837. 

He  was  formerly  a  merchant  and  canal  contractor,  also  Sheriff  of 
his  county.  He  has  now  retired  to  a  farm,  and  lives  at  Watcr- 
ville,  near  Toledo,  Ohio.  His  farm  is  on  the  site  of  the  memorable 
battle  which  Gen.  Wayne  won  against  the  Indians  in  1794.  For 
his  family,  see  below. 

6.  Lucius,  bom  March,  1808.     When  last  heard  from,  20  years  ago,  he 

was  in  Havana,  Cuba. 

7.  William,  bom  at  Horse  Neck,  near  Caldwell,  in  New  Jersey,  June 

18,  1810;  died  at  Napoleon,  Ohio,  April  22,  1859,  aged  49. 
When  he  first  removed  to  the  West,  he  served  three  years  in  the 
United  States  Army,  and  was  in  active  service  against  the  Indians 
of  Northern  Texas  and  Kansas.    In  1837,  he  was  a  Colonel  in  the 


Sec.  v.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  CALEB.  87 

Canadian  patriot  army.  He  afterwards  settled  as  a  fanner  in 
Henry  Co.,  Ohio,  and  at  different  times  filled  the  offices  of  Comity 
Treasm-er  and  Sheriff.    For  his  family,  see  below. 


EzKA  S.,  of  Capt.  Caleb,  married  Sarah  Pearce,  in  1827,  5th  Deg. 

and  had : 

1.  Theodore  H.,  born  in  Caldwell,  N.  J.,  about  1828,  is  a  broker  and 

general  agent,  Omaha  City,  Nebraska  Territory. 
3.  Fannie,  married  Frank  Stump,  of  Texas,  Ohio. 

3.  Elbekt,  died  in  Nebraska  Territory,  in  1857,  aged  about  27. 

4.  Henry  L.,  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  about  1838;    is  now  clerk  in  the 

Bank  of  Toledo. 

5.  Cornelia,  resides  in  Texas,  Ohio. 


Elijah,  of  Capt.  Caleb,  married,  first,  in  Jan.,  1831,  Malvi-  5th Deg. 
nah  Stiles.     She  died  in  Oct.,  ISiO.      He  married,   secondly, 
in  Jan.,  1851,  Mary  Jane  Wardley.     His  children  were  : 

1.  Caleb,  bom   in   Caldwell,  N.  J.,  Dec.  2,  1831 ;   is  a  merchant  at 

Waterville,  Ohio.  He  married  Catharine  Ann  Leonard  of  Watcr- 
ville,  .June  6,  1853;  has  a  son,  Caleb  Elijah  Dodd,  bom  April  26' 
1857. 

2.  William,  born  in  Caldwell,  June  24, 1834  ;  is  a  merchant  in  Toledo,  O. 

3.  Amanda. 

4.  Adeline. 

5.  Walter. 

6.  Clarence,  bom  in  Waterville,  Aug.  7,  1849. 

The  second  wife's  children  are : 

7.  Elijah,  bom  in  Toledo,  O.,  Feb.,  1853. 

8.  Philemon  Clifford,  Toledo,  O.,  .Tan.  30,  1855. 

9.  Frederic  C,  born  in  Toledo,  O.,  May  3,  1857. 
10.  Mary. 


88  OREAT-GRANDSON  CALEB.  [Part! 

fttiiDeg:.  William,  youngest  child  of  Capt.  Caleb,  (who  was  the 
youngest  son  of  Major  Caleb,  who  was  the  youngest  child  of 
Daniel  3d,)  married,  Oct.  3,  18-il,  Mary  Thompson,  who  was 
born  May  30,  1816.     Their  children  are : 

1.  Ezra,  bom  July  23,  1843. 
3.  Anna,  bom  May  16,  1844. 

3.  William,  bom  Aug.  11,  1846. 

4.  Edwin,  bom  Feb.  28,  1849. 

5.  Harry,  bora  Aug.  8,  1851. 

6.  Mary,  bom  Jan.  13,  1857. 

The  widow  and  children  of  William  Dodd  all  reside  in  Nai^oleon,  Oliio. 


NOTE. 

Descendants  of  Major  Caleb  Dodd  in  tiie  Fem.vle  Line. — We 
have  no  information  respecting  the  children  of  Rebecca  Batterson.  The 
children  of  Annah  and  William  Burnet  were : 

1.  Annah,  who  died  in  infancy. 

2.  Caleb  Dodd  Burnet ;  lived  on  the  old  homestead  of  Major  Caleb 
Dod,  near  Pine  Brook,  and  died  about  1849.  He  married  the  widow 
Phebc  Ward,  and  had — 1.  George  Crockett,  married  Sarah  Nafie; 
3.  William  Stiles,  (died  a  young  man) ;  3.  Jabez  Dodd,  married  Rachel 
Jacobus ;  4.  Ann  Eliza,  married  Joseph  Kent ;  5.  Charles,  married  Ellen 
Stagg ;  G.  Justus  Smith ;  7.  John  Ransford. 

3.  Mary  Burnet ;  married  Isaac  Baldwin  of  Livingston,  from  Parsippa- 
uy,  and  had — 1.  William  B.,  died  a  young  man ;  3.  Catharine  G.,  married 
George  Castle  ;  3.  Charles  M.  Baldwin. 

4.  Joanna  Bumet;  married  John  Ketcham,  and  had  William  B.,  Lewis 
M.,  Ezra,  Annah,  Maria,  Jabez  H.,  John  E.,  James,  Sarah  B.,  Joanna, 
and  Louisa. 

5.  Elizabeth  Gould  Bumet ;  manied  Moses  Stiles,  and  had,  William 
Burnet,  (deceased),  John,  Anna  Maria,  Phcbe  Catharine,  Adelia  Righter, 
Harriet  Eliza,  Judsou,  Sarah  Elma,  Louisa  Frances,  and  William  Bur- 
net (3d.) 


Sec.  v.]  OREAT-GRANDSON  CALEB.  89 

G.  Justus  Allen  Burnet ;  is  a  merchant  in  Caldwell.  He  married  Pliebc 
More,  and  had  Ann  Maria,  who  married  John  W.  Taylor. 

7.  Sarah  Mead  Burnet ;  married  Cornelius  Vanduync,  and  had  Maria 
Louisa  and  Harriet  Marinda. 

8.  John  Francisco  Burnet ;  married  Christiana  Hammic  or  Hamma ; 
had  William,  Mary  Frances,  Sarah  Louisa,  Adelaide,  George,  Justus, 
Cornelius,  Electa.     This  family  lives  in  Northern  Ohio. 

The  children  of  Sarah  and  John  Mead  were  Mary,  Jane,  Abby,  Anna 
John,  Caleb  Allen,  Aaron,  Emeline. 

The  children  of  Abby  and  Jabez  Harrison,  (who  was  son  of  David 
Harrison,  and  brother  of  David  Harrison,  Esq.,)  were  David,  Caleb 
Dodd,  Marinda,  Harriet.  (We  think  Caleb  D.  Harrison  is  a  merchant 
in  Caldwell.) 

The  children  of  Polly  and  William  Bates  were  Lewis,  Marcus,  Phile- 
mon, Phebe,  David,  Charles,  Emeline. 

(This  information  concerning  the  grand-children  of  Major  Caleb  Dodd 
was  furnished  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  G.  Stiles.) 

13 


Division  II. 

Grandson  Stephen,  second  son  of  Daniel  2d. 

STEPHEN,  second  son  of  Daniel  2d,  appears  to  have  been  a 
cooper,  as  we  find  in  the  old  Town  Records  a  deed  from 
Stephen  Dod,  cooper,  to  John  Harrison,  conveying  10  acres, 
"  by  the  road  that  leads  from  Watsesson  by  Samuel  Ward's 
mill;"  Jan.  1725-6.  Stephen  married  Phebe  Harrison,  and 
had: 

1,  Nathaniel, 
3.  Silas. 

3.  Stephen. 

4.  Joshua. 

5.  Dorcas,  (Rev.  Stephen  Dodd  calls  her  Phebe).     She  was  the  fii-st  wife 

of  Nathan  Williams,  and  died  early,  leaving  one  daughter,  Rc- 
bekah,  who  married  James  Williams. 


mi^yp^ 


'm^cnw^ 


GREAT-GRANDSON    NATHANIEL. 


Daniel   1st. 


J  Daniel    2d.    Ist  Deg. 

Section  VI.  ( Stephen ist.  2d  Deg. 

Descendants  of  Nathaniel,  ist  son  of  Stephen  the  Cooper. 

NATHANIEL,  eldest  son  of  Stephen  the  cooper,  married  3d  Deg. 
Euth  Condit,  probably  daughter  of  John  and  sister  of 
Matthew  Condit,  and  had  : 

1.  Parmenas. 

2.  Matthew. 

3.  Mary  M.,  bom  Feb.  21,  1759 ;  died  Aug.  28,  1847,  aged  88.     She 

married  Daniel  Coudit.     (See  note.) 


Note. — Daniel  Coudit,  (son  of  Samuel  Condit  2d,  and  grandson  of 
Samuel  Condit,*)  was  bom  Oct.  13,  1756,  and  died  Sept.  33,  183»,  aged 
nearly  83.     Tiic  cliildi-eu  of  Daniel  and  Mary  M.  Condit  were : 

1.  Parmenas  Condit,  bom  April  30,  1782,  or  1783. 

2.  Samuel  Condit,  bom  Oct.  6,  1784  ;  tlie  same  who  married  Charlotte 
Dodd,  daughter  of  Matthias,  of  Joseph. 

3.  Aaron  Condit. 

4  and  5.  Calvin  Condit  and  Sachcverill  (or  Cheveril)  Condit,  twins ; 
the  last  named  married  Lydia  Dodd,  daughter  of  Eleazar. 
G.  Reuben  Condit. 

7.  Frances  Condit. 

8.  Moses  Condit. 

9.  Ruth  D.  Condit ;  married Osmun.     Lives  in  New  York, 

The  three  chler  of  these  children  were  deceased  before  Oct.  1861. 


*  See  note  under  Samuel  1st,  Part  III. 


92  GREA T-  GRANDSON  NA  TEANIEL.  [Part  I. 

4.  Lydia. 

5.  Jane,  bom  May  28,  17G7,  and  died  July  7, 1857,  aged  90.    She  mar- 

ried Nathaniel  Harrison,  who  was  born  Dec.  14,  1766,  and  died 
March  21,  1822.  (Their  children  were  Mary,  Charlotte,  Reuben, 
Ichabod,  Maiy  2d,  Lydia,  and  Mary  Jane — seven  in  number.) 

6.  Reuben,  who  was  drowned  in  the  Narrows  below  New  York,  in  1802. 


4th  Deg.  Parmenas,  of  Nathaniel,  married  Jane  Crane,  (dauglitcr  of 
Gamaliel  Crane,  and  sister  of  Simeon  Crane  that  married 
Eunice  Baldwin,  sister  to  the  wife  of  Lewis  Dodd.)  Parmenas 
and  Jane  Dodd  had  ten  sons,  viz : 

1.  TiiADDEUs,  born  March  8,  1784 ;  married  Nov.,  1821,  to  Lucy  Rice, 

both  living  in  1860.    They  had  one  child,  Elinor,  born  1833 ;  died 
at  8  years. 

2.  Nathaniel,  bom  Jan.  14,  1787 ;  died  unmarried. 

3.  Stephen,  bom  March  18,  1789;  married,  April  1,  1813,  to  Mary 

Riker ;  both  living  in  Sj)encer,  Tioga  Co.,  New  York. 

4.  Jeptha,  born  Oct.  15,  1791;  married  in  the  fall  of  1813  to  Polly 

Iliukman,  and  died  Jan.  28,  1850.     His  widow  lives  in  Genoa, 
N.  Y. 

5.  Daniel,  bom  about  1793 ;  married  Eliza  Ward ;  died  in  the  fall  of 

1840.    He  had  four  children,  Theron,  Electa,  Emeline,  and  Sarah 
Maria. 

6.  Albert,  born  March,  1797;  lived  in  Bloomfield ;  died  Sept.  13, 

1846,  in  his  fiftieth  year. 

7.  Matthew,  bom  Nov.  4,  1800 ;  lives  in  West  Creek,  Lake  Co.,  Ind. 

8.  Abner,  died  unmarried. 

9.  Reuben,  married,  and  removed  to  Canada  West.    (Much  enquiry 

has  been  made  for  his  address,  but  in  vain.)     When  he  left  Tioga 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  he  had  one  daughter,  Harriet  Elizabeth. 
10.  Isaac,  bom  May  9, 1806 ;  living  in  Williamsport,  Washington  Co., 
Maryland^ 


Sec.  VI.]  a REAT-ORANDSON  NATHANIEL.  93 

Stephen,  of  Parmenas,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Rikcr,  had  :         sthDesr. 

1.  Alanson,  born  Jau.  8,  1814 ;  died  uumarried,  Sept.  3,  1846. 

2.  LrviA,  born  May   21,   1815;  married  Isaac  Mallciy,  June   5,   1836. 

They  have  seven  living  children. 

3.  LuciAN,  born  July  31,  1816. 

4.  Jane,  born  Aug.  21,  1818;  married  Henry  Orlando  Adams,  May  Gth, 

1840  ;  has  two  living  children,  and  lost  two. 

5.  Seth  Williston,  bom  June  3,  1821. 

6.  Mabth A,  born  June  24,  1828;  married  Charles  Beebe,  Jan.  1,  1848; 

lias  one  living  child. 


LuciAN,  of  Stephen,  married,  April  16,  1840,  Celesta  D.  cthDeg. 
Fresher,  and  has  five  children  living. 

1.  Arthuk  Newton,  Jan.  23,  1844. 

2.  Stephen  Luther,  Sept.  1846. 

3.  Mart  Helena,  August  6,  1848. 

4.  William  Fresher,  Jan.  23,  1851. 

5.  Frances  Elizabeth,  1854. 


Seth  W.,  of  Stephen,  married,  Aug.  8,   1843,  Margaret  cthDeg. 
Briggs,  and  has  three  children  living. 

1.  William,  March  25,  1845 ;  died  March  11, 1849. 

2.  George  Alanson,  Sept.  13,  1847. 

3.  Charles  Edward,  May  8,  1850. 

4.  Frank  Eugene,  March  22, 1857. 


Jeptha,  of  Parmenas  and  Jane,   married  Polly  Ilinkman,  cthoeg. 

and  had : 

1.  Daniel,  Oct.  16,  1814. 

%  Sebka,  April  25, 1817 ;  lives  in  Michigan, 


94  OREA  T-  OEANDSON  NA  TIIANIEL.  [Part  I. 

3.  Betsy  Ann,  March  23,  1820;  married  Feb.  1,  1844,  Roljert  Retty,  of 

Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.     Tliey  have  no  children. 

4.  Eliza,  Ajiril  16,  1822;  married  Benaiah  Scoby.     She  died  Ajnil  6, 

1854,  aged  32 ;  left  four  chikben.     (See  note.) 

5.  William,  July  9,  1824. 

0.  Parmenas,  Dec.  29,  1826. 

7.  Caroline,  June  1,  1828;  married,  March  1,  1850,  John  Patchen  of 

Lansing,  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  boatman.     (See  note.) 

8.  Elias,  Sept.  20, 1831. 

9.  Mary  Elizabeth,  Feb.  12,  1833,  in  Chicago,  111. ;  unmarried. 

10.  Henry,  July  5,  1836. 

11.  Alvah,  July  22,  1838. 

12.  David,  Dec.  24,  1840  ;  lives  with  his  mother  at  Genoa,  N.  Y. 
Eleven  of  the  twelve  were  living  in  June,  1802. 

0 

GthDcg.  Daniel,  of  Jeptha,  lives  in  Chicago,  111.  ;  is  a  "Jack  at  all 
trades,"  so  his  brother  says.  He  married  a  Prussian  woman, 
named  Dorothy  Matilda  Tholl.  They  had  one  daughter  Eosa, 
that  died  at  10  years,  June  28,  1855. 

Note. — Tlic  children  of  Eliza  and  Benaiah  (or  Benaga)  Scol>y  were : 

1.  Lewis  Scoby,  born  Jan.  10,  1841. 

2.  Charles  Scoby,  bom  Aug.  18,  1842. 

3.  Phebe  Scoby,  born  Sept.  14,  1845. 

4.  Mary  Jane  Scoby,  born  Feb.  16,  1849. 

Tlie  children  of  Caroline  and  John  Patchen  were  ; 

1.  Ellen  Amanda,  born  Jan.  7,  1851. 

2.  Elias,  bom  Nov.  3,  1852. 

3.  Jay,  bom  Oct.  24,  1854;  died  Aug.  18,  1858. 

4.  Emma,  bom  Sept.  18, 1856. 

5.  Eva,  born  July  1,  1858;  died  Nov.  G,  1858. 

6.  Eva,  bom  Sept.  20,  1859. 

7.  Mctta,  bom  Aug.  23,  1861. 

Pamicnas  Dodd  says  that  Betsy  Ann  and  Robert  Betty  live  in  Spcncei', 
Tomplcins  Gg.    Perhaps  the  county  should  be  Tioga. 


Sec.  VI.J  GREAT-GRANDSON  NATHANIEL.  95 

Sebra,  of  Jeptha,  is  a  farmer  in  Micliigan.     lie  married  ctu  Deg. 
Euth  Brightman,  and  has : 

1.  Jane,  Sept.  25,  1843. 

2.  Charles,  May  30,  1845. 

3.  Albert,  Jan.  31,  1847. 

4.  Mary,  Nov.  30,  1849. 

5.  Amanda,  Sept.  7,  1852. 

6.  Daniel,  Dec.  24,  1850. 

7.  "Baby,"  March  18,  1859. 

Some  of  the  dates  given  aljove  are  unccrtam ;  because  we  do  not 
know  the  date  of  the  letter  from  which  they  were  taken.  For 
instance,  Parmenas  Dodd,  whose  own  letter  to  us  is  dated  "  June 
30,  1862,"  gives  the  age  of  Sebra's  son  Albert  as  "  15  the  31st  of 
this  month."  This  cannot  refer  to  Jime,  and  leaves  us  uncertain 
whether  the  letter  from  which  he  copied  was  dated  January,  March, 
or  May.  We  think  it  most  probable  it  was  January,  and  have  made 
the  dates  to  correspond.  We  cannot  guess  whether  the  youngest 
was  named  Baby  (for  Barbara  ?)  or  was  yet  unnamed. 


William,  of  Jeptha,  Hves  in  Genoa,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.  cthDeg. 
He  married,  Sept.  18,   1848,  Sevilla  Oxley  of  Philadelphia ; 
has  no  children. 


Parmenas,  (or  as  he  writes  it,  Permenas^)  of  Jeptha,  is  a  eth  Deg. 
carpenter  and  joiner;  lives  in  Genoa,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.     He 
married,  April  13,  1851,  Lucy  Patchen,  and  has : 

1.  Frank,  April  3,  1852. 

2.  Selah,  July  3,  1854. 

3.  Willard,  Oct.  30,  1856. 

4.  LiONE,  March  5,  1859. 

5.  JuLiCETTE,  March  18, 1801. 

We  think  it  likely  the  last  name  is   a   slip  of  the  pen  for  Juliette. 
Whether  "  Lione  "  is  a  boy  or  a  girl,  we  are  unable  to  guess. 


90  GREAT-GRANDSON  NATHANIEL.  [Part  I. 

cihDeg.      Elias,  of  Jeptha,  lives  in  Venice,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.     He 
married  Lucy  Atwater,  in  Nov.  1855,  and  bad : 

1.  FRfiD,  (or  Frederick  ?)  May,  1857. 

2.  Cliild,  name  uiikno-mi,  bom  in  May,  1862. 


cthDeg.      Henry,  (or  perhaps  Henry  Morgan  ?)  of  Jeptha,  is  a  cooper ; 

.  lives  in  Michigan,  (his  brother  gives  the  address  Springport, 

Jackson  Co.,  and  intimates  that  both  Henry  and  Sebra  live 

there.)    Henry  married  some  time  in  December,  1861.     His 

wife's  name  is  not  given. 


CthDeg.  Alvah,  of  Jeptha,  is  a  volunteer  in  the  Sixth  Michigan 
Regiment.  He  was  a  turner  by  trade.  (It  seems  from  some 
of  the  notes  furnished  us  that  he  has  a  middle  name,  Seymour, 
but  as  his  brother  Parmenas  omits  it,  as  also  the  middle  name 
of  Henry,  we  cannot  be  sure  of  it.) 


cihDeg.      David,  of  Jeptha,  (as  says  his  brother  Parmenas,)  "lives 
with  mother  close  by  me,  and  works  at  whatever  he  gets  to  do." 


5ihDeg.  Albert,  of  Parmenas  and  Jane,  lived  in  Bloomfield.  He 
died  Sept.  13,  1846,  aged  49  years  and  6  months.  He  married 
Lydia  Couman,  and  had  eleven  children  : 

1.  David,  Aug.  5,  1817. 

2.  John,  June  2, 1823;  died  unmarried  in  1859. 

3.  Jane,  Feb.  15,  1825  ;  married  Henry  Leber,  has  five  cliildren. 

4.  Mary  Ann,  Feb.  24,  1827 ;  married  Richard  Riggs,  had  two  chil- 

dren, and  died  in  1850. 

5.  Isaac,  Nov.  2,  1829;  gone  West. 


Sec.  VI. ]  GREA  T-  GRANDSON  NA  THANIEL.  97 

6.  Lydia,  May  3,  1832 ;  married  Auron  McCloud,  aud  has  one  child. 

7.  Amzi,  July  13,  1834. 

8.  Caroline,  Feb.  17,  1837.  ^ 

9.  EiiELiNE,  Oct.  2,  1839  ;  married  Amzi  Harrison,  and  has  cue  child. 

10.  Eliza  J.,  Oct.  16,  1842;  died  1845. 

11.  Eliza  W.,  Nov.  12,1844. 

o 

David,  of  Albert,  is  a  shoemaker  at  Bloomfield.    He  mar-  ethDeg. 
lied  Jemima  Miller,  and  had : 

1.  Harriett,  Sept.  4,  1842;  died  Feb.  17,  1843. 

2.  Horace,  Oct.  29,  1843. 

3.  Moranda,  Sei)t.  19,  1845. 

4.  Lydia  J.,  March  8,  1848. 

5.  Isaac  A.,  Aug.  14,  1851. 

6.  Mary  E.,  Jan.  13,  1855;  died  Sept.  26,  1858. 

7.  Sajixjel  D.,  March  13,  1857. 


Amzi,  of  Albert,  lives  at  Little  Falls,  N.  J.     He  married  ethceg. 
Catharine  Riker,  and  has : 

1.  Alice,  April  6,  1859. 

2.  Susan,  July  17,  1860. 


Matthew,  of  Parraenas,  and  Jane,  (born  Nov.  4,  1800,)  mar-  5th  Deg. 
lied  July  30,  1836,  Eliza  Pugsley,  who  was  born  March  23, 
1817.     They  had  nine  sons  and  one  daughter : 

1.  Lewis,  April  26,  1837. 

2.  Horace,  Feb.  3,  1839. 

3.  George  Washington,  Feb.  12,  1841 ;  died  Fef).  15,  1852. 

4.  William  Henry  Harrison,  March  18,  1843. 

5.  Lafayette,  Feb.  18,  1845. 

6.  CoRWiN,  April  18,  1847, 

13 


98  GREA  T-  GRANDSON  NA  THANIEL.  [Part  I. 

7.  Millard  F.,  June  13,  1849  ;  died  Feb.  11, 1853. 

8.  Alonzo,  Jan.  12,  1853. 

9.  Alfred,  March  9,  1854. 

10.  Mary  Jane,  March  10,  1857. 

This  family  lives  in  West  Creek,  Indiana.  There  were  no  grand- 
children, in  Nov.  1860.  Whether  all  the  suns  lived  at  or  near  home,  we 
are  not  informed. 


5ih  Deg.  Isaac,  youngest  son  of  Parmenas  and  Jane,  who  was  born 
May  9,  1806,  married  in  1854,  Susan  Spear,  who  was  born 
May  26,  1830.  She  had,  before  she  married  Isaac  Dodd,  a  son 
William.  Isaac  and  Susan  Dodd  live  in  Williamsport,  Wash- 
ington Co.,  Maryland,  and  have  two  daughters : 

1.  Mary  Virginia,  Nov.  29,  1855. 

2.  Martha  Ann,  Sept.  23, 1858. 


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4th  Deg.  Matthew,  of  Nathaniel,  after  a  long  courtship  of  a  Miss 
Kange,  (who  died  unmarried,)  sister  to  the  wife  of  Zebiua 
Dodd,  finally  at  the  age  of  sixty,  married  Charlotte  Martin  of 
Caldwell,  Jan.  1821 ;  and  had  a  daughter  Jane  Caroline,  that 
died  at  two  years.  Matthew  died  April  20,  1826,  aged  about 
65. 


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4th  Deg.      Eeuben,  of  Nathaniel,  married  Lydia  Dodd,  daughter  of 
David,  and  had : 

1.  Nathaniel  R.,  Nov.  17, 1799;  lives  at  West  Bloomfield. 

2.  Zebina,  Oct.  15, 1801 ;  lives  in  Newark. 


Sec.  VI.]  BROKEN  BRANCH— SILAS.  99 

Nathaniel  R.,  of  Reulen,  married  Oct.  14,  1829,  Eveline  5th oeg. 
Crane,  daughter  of  Phineas  Crane,  born  March  20,  1807,  and 
has: 

1.  Reuben  Norton  Dodd,  Dec.  14, 1835. 

2.  Mary  Ann  Crane  Dodd,  June  21,  1837. 

3.  Stephen  Johnson  Dodd,  Dec.  1839. 


Zebina  ,  of  Reuben,   married  Sarah  Ann  Horaan,  Oct.  8,  ciuDeg. 
1827,  and  had: 

1.  Lydia  Ann,  Aug.  IG,  1838;  married  Charles  M.  Taylor,  May  10,  1847; 

and  died  Sept.  11,  1857. 

2.  Sarah  Emeline,  Feb.  3,  1831 ;  married  Smith  Tucker,  Jan.  18,  1851. 

3.  John  Baldwin  Dodd,  April  1,  1837. 

4.  Abby  Esther,  May  8,  1845. 

Sarah  Ann,  wife  of  Zebina  Dodd,  died  June  14,  1861,  aged  60. 


Broken  Branch  (in  Male  Line)— Silas. 

SILAS,  second  son  of  Stephen  the  cooper,  married  Hannah  sd  Deg. 
Smith,  sister  to  the  wife  of  John  Dod  2d.    They  had 
two  daughters  (no  sons) : 

1.  Dorcas,  who  was  the  first  wife  of  Japhia  Condit.     (See  note.) 

2.  Jane,  who  married  Amos  Munn.    (See  note.) 


Note. — Japhia  Condit  lived  at  the  saw  mill  in  West  Orange,  between 
the  mountains,  and  died  April  5,  1849,  in  his  89th  year.  The  children 
of  Japhia  and  Dorcas  Condit  were : 

1.  Reuben  Condit,  drowned  young. 


100  BROKEN  BRANCn— SILAS.  [Part  I. 

3.  Eunice,  married  Daniel  Williams,  sob  of  Samuel  Williams,  (com- 
monly called  "  old  Blaze.") 

3.  Lydia,  married  Jesse  Gardner,  son  of  Moses. 

4.  Asenatli,  married  Joseph  S.  Condit,  son  of  Simon  Condit. 

5.  Hannah,  never  married. 

6.  Silas  D.,  married  Phebc  Pierson,  daughter  of  Enos  Pierson. 

7.  Nancy,  married  ADjert  Harrison,  son  of  Ichabod  Harrison.  (We 
are  indebted  to  her  for  this  list  of  the  children  of  Dorcas  Condit.) 

8.  Enoch,  lives  somewhere  in  the  State  of  New  York.  Married — to 
whom  not  kno-mi. 

9.  David  W.,  married  Cornelia  Perry,  daughter  of  John  Periy ;  re- 
sides on  the  old  homestead. 

10.  Amzi,  married  Emeline  Condit,  daughter  of  John  Condit. 

The  mother  died  a  few  hours  after  giving  birth  to  Amzi,  August  26, 
1805,  aged  about  43  years. 

Japhia  Condit  married  for  his  second  wife  widow  Phebe  Miller,  and 
had  one  child  Sally,  who  died  at  about  15  years  of  age. 


Amos  Munn  was  bom  Oct.  10,  1763.  He  built  an  addition  to  the 
house  of  his  father-in-law,  Silas  Dodd,  and  lived  there.  All  the  chil- 
dren of  Amos  and  Jane  were  bom  there,  namely  : 

1.  Bethuel  Munn,  went  West. 

2.  Jemima,  married  Elijah  Roberts,  and  moved  West. 

3.  Silas,  married  Lydia  Campbell ;  lives  lietween  Newark  and  Belle- 
ville, on  the  River  road. 

4.  Smith,  married  a  German  girl.  Some  twenty-five  years  ago  he  left, 
saying  he  was  going  to  the  Florida  war,  and  has  not  been  heard  from 
since. 

5.  Amos  Mimn,  lives  in  New  York. 

6.  Phebe,  married,  first,  Jepthah  Dodd,  (of  Abijah,  of  Deacon  Isaac,) 
and  secondly,  an  Irishman,  named  Kelly.  She  died  a  short  time  ago  in 
Paterson. 

7.  Hannah,  married  Richard  Ward. 


GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,JR. 

■^  Daniel    2.1. 

Section  VIL  (.s,e„henist 

Descendants  of  Stephen,  Jr.,  3d  son  of  Stephen  the  Cooper 


STEPHEN,  Jr.,  third  son  of  Stephen  the  cooper,  married  3d  Deg. 
Ruth  Peck,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  Peck,  (whose  wife 
was  Jemima  Lindsley,)  and  sister  to  Judge  John  Peck.  They 
removed  soon  after  the  Revolution  to  the  Wioma,  or  Wyoming 
country.  Pa.,  and  afterwards,  about  1793,  to  Nichols,  Tioga  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  he  bought  180  acres  of  land,  and  died  about 
the  year  1797.  His  widow  survived  him  some  years.  The 
ground  where  their  graves  were  made  is  now  a  cultivated  field, 
without  a  stone  to  mark  the  spot.  The  children  of  Stephen 
and  Ruth  were : 

1.  Jemima,  bom  Friday,  June  3,  1763.  She  manied,  Sept.  25,  1789, 
Stephen  Oney  Allen,  who  was  bora  Sept.  17,  1758,  and  had  seven 
children.*    Mrs.  Allen  lived  to  about  80. 


*  Children  of  Stei)hen  O.  and  Jemima  Allen  : 

Sarah  Allen,  Aug.  9,  1790. 
John  Allen,  Feb.  17,  1793. 
Joseph  Allen,  Sept.  13,  1795. 

Stephen  Dod  Allen,  May  33,  1798  ;  died  Sept.  14,  1813. 
Ruth  Allen,  June  19,  1801 ;  died  1838. 
Jemima  Allen,  Feb.  3,  1805. 
Oncy  Allen,  Oct.  27,  1807. 
Joseph  Allen  married  Mary  Johnson,  Jan.  6,  1822,  and  had : 
Dayton  W.  Allen,   Aug.   29,   1824;  Julius  B.  Allen,  Aug.  17,  1820; 


103  QREAf-QRANDSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  [Part  I. 

2.  Phebe,  Friday,  Jan.  11,  17G5.     She  married,  1786,  Joseph  Barker, 

and  had  eleven  chiklren.*    She  died  at  the  age  of  about  52. 

3.  Stephen,  Thi;rsday,  March  24,  17G7;  died  Sept.  20,  1827,  aged  GO. 

He  had  11  children. 

4.  JtmiAH,  Wednesday,  June  14,  1769 ;  died  Aug.  13,  1777,  at  8  years. 

5.  Anna,  or  Hannah,   Thursday,  Dec.  5,   1771.     She  married  Daniel 

Allen  about  1792,  brother  of  Steiihen  O.,  and  had  8  children. 

6.  Betsey,  Thursday,  July  5,  1774  ;  died  Oct.  13,  1775,  at  15  months. 

7.  Betsey,  Friday,  Nov.  8,  1776.     She  married  Moses  Fountain,  1797. 

Number  of  children  not  known.     They  moved  to  the  far  West — 
supposed  to  Indiana. 


Sarah,  Sept.  1,  1828 ;  died  Aug.  1829 ;  Joseph  S.  Allen,  June  22,  1830, 
died  Feb.  1831.  His  mother  died  Oct.  22, 1830.  Joseph  Allen  married, 
2d,  Clarissa  White,  March  14,  1831,  and  had  eight  children,  five  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Two  of  the  latter  died  young.  Their  names  are 
Mary  Eliza,  died  at  6  years ;  Seymour  W.,  Stephen  O.,  Joseph  Hender- 
son, Clarissa  M.  died  at  20  years ;  Ruth  Jemima,  and  John  Andrew 
Allen,  the  youngest,  born  July  80,  1844. 


*  The  children  of  Phebe  and  Joseph  Barker  were : 

I.  Moses  Barker,  Nov.  18, 1787;  married  Amy  Spaulding,  1813.  Lives 
in  Spencer,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.  Has  four  daughters  living.  One  son  and 
two  daughters  deceased.  Two  sons-in-law,  of  the  name  of  Todd,  drive 
cattle  to  the  New  York  market.  The  names  of  his  children  were  Wel- 
tha,  Mariah,  Louisa,  Phebe,  Malona,  Charles,  Susanna.  The  two  last 
died  in  infancy,  and  Louisa  after  she  was  married. 

2.  *Syra  Barker,  Jime  14,  1789. 

3.  *Enoch  Barker,  Aug.  9,  1790. 

4.  *Phebe  Barker,  March  4,  1793. 

5.  Elizabeth  Barker,  March  3,  1795. 

6.  Polly  Barker,  Dec.  27,  1797. 

7.  *Joel  Barker,  March  30,  1800. 

8.  Nancy  Barker,  March  8,  1802. 

9.  Dorcas  Barker,  Feb.  14,  1804, 
10.  *Clarissa  Barker,  July  25,  1806. 

II.  Abigail  Barker,  Dec.  2,  1809. 

The  five  marked  with  a  star  were  deceased  before  July,  1861.  Only 
one  died  in  childhood.  We  cannot  resist  the  temptation  of  presenting 
here  some  interesting  extracts  from  the  letters  of  Moses  Barker,  the  eldest 
of  the  eleven  children  named  above,  now  living  at  Spencer,  Tioga  Co., 


Sec.  VII.]         GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPEEN,  JR.  103 

8.  JuNi-Vii,  Thursday,  May  13,  1779,     He  had  59  acres,  one-third  of  his 

father's  fami ;  but  never  married.     In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he 
removed  to  Sandusky,  Ohio,  and  died  there. 

9.  Abigail,  Sept.  5,  1781.     She  married,  1st,  Andrew  White,  and  had 

three  children ;  and  2d,  El^enezer  Hunt,  l^y  whom   she  had  six 
childi-en.     In  1861,  she  was  still  living,  at  the  age  of  four  score. 


N.  Y.  It  is  much  to  be  desired  that  we  had  similar  authentic  narratives 
of  the  trials  with  which  the  early  settlers  of  New  Jersey  had  to  contend, 
nearly  two  centuries  ago. 

IVIr.  Barker  says :  "  I  have  often  heard  my  mother  speak  of  the  place 
where  they  used  to  live,  and  of  Newark  mountains."  [Orange  was 
known  before  and  during  the  Revolution  by  that  name.]  "  She  said  the 
girls  felt  very  sorry  to  leave,  and  many  was  the  citing  spells  they  had  on 
the  road ;  and  when  they  were  going  through  the  Great  Swamp,  night 
overtook  them,  and  they  had  to  encamp  out.  Then  she  said  they  all 
wept  from  the  oldest  to  the  least."  [In  those  days,  there  being  neither 
steamljoats,  canals,  nor  railroads,  families  removing  West  had  to  perform 
the  whole  journey  in  covered  wagons  with  their  o-mi  teams,  and  the  rate 
of  progress  was  of  course  slow.] 

]\Ii-.  Barker  adds,  that  though  only  eight  years  old  when  he  left  his 
grandfather  Stephen  Dodd's  place,  "  yet  I  remember  Grand  Pa's  looks 
perfectly.  His  height  was  full  medium,  his  eyes  a  deep  blue,  his  haii- 
nearly  black.  I  tliink  he  was  a  peaceable,  good  sort  of  man,  and  died  a 
Chiistian.  And  all  of  his  daughters  that  have  gone  I  Ijelieve  lived  and 
died  like  Christians,  and  we  trust  theii'  father's  God  was  their  God." 

In  another  letter,  jVIr.  Barker  gives  this  accoimt  of  Pioneer  life  in  the 
West.  "My  father  came  to  the  Wioma  coimtiy  from  Massachusetts  just 
after  the  war.  My  Mother,  you  know,  was  from  the  Jerseys.  I  suppose 
they  were  man-ied  in  1786.  I  was  born  Nov.  18,  1787 — of  course  I  am 
now  74.  In  '95  we  moved  up  the  Susquehannah  to  my  grandfather 
Dodd's,  now  in  the  town  of  Nichols.  The  following  year  we  moved 
about  25  miles  into  the  woods,  four  miles  without  a  house,  to  the  place 
where  my  father  lived  and  died ;  now  the  town  of  Spencer.  We  were 
the  first  family  that  moved  in,  but  others  soon  followed.  This  was  in 
Fcbruaiy,  '96.  Here  we  lived  one  year  with  only  six  families  fora  neigh- 
Ijorhood.  Here  we  were  in  a  wilderness,  shut  out,  as  it  were,  from  the 
world.  No  grist  mills — no  stores — no  tanneries.  We  had  hogs  and 
cattle,  but  no  sheep.  There  was  plenty  of  deer,  wolves,  panthers,  and 
bears.  We  could  raise  flax,  but  what  were  we  to  do  for  winter  clothing  ? 
Necessity  is  the  mother  of  invention.  My  Pa  tried  dressing  deer  skins, 
and  finally  succeeded  after  a  while  to  get  something  for  limiself  and  me 
to  wear,  as  I  was  the  only  son  at  that  time.  That  Avas  my  only  dress 
from  head  to  feet,  excejit  shirt  and  hat,  mostly  summer  and  winter.    Pa 


104  GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  [Part  I. 

in  the  town  of  Nichols,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  the  only  survivor  of  this 
large  family.  One  of  her  sons,  Williston  Hunt,  lives  in  Nichols  ; 
another,  Henderson  Hmit,  in  Delavan,  Wisconsin. 
10.  Joseph,  Thursday^  Dec.  16,  1784.  Died  in  Wisconsin,  in  or  about 
1860.  lie  had  six  children,  and  if  his  sister  Betsey  Fountain  had 
as  many,  the  number  of  grand-children  of  Stephen  and  Ruth 
Dodd  would  be  58. 


4ihDeg.      Stephen  8d,  of  Stephen,   Jr.,   and  Kuth,   married,  May, 
1794,  Orley  Light,  who  was  born  Saturday,  Oct.  22,  1772,  and 


made  what  we  call  a  samp  mortar,  to  pound  corn  in  ;  and  many  a  bushel 
I  ijoundcd  myself,  the  fine  for  johnny  cake,  the  coarse  for  samp.  Well 
now  if  you  would  like  to  know  how  he  made  his  samp  mortar,  I  will 
try  to  tell  you.  He  cut  a  hard  maple  log,  two  feet  over,  squared  olf  at 
both  ends,  al)out  3  feet  long ;  set  one  end  on  the  ground ;  then  burnt  out 
the  other  end  with  chijis,  till  he  got  it  in  the  shape  of  a  salt  mortar ; 
then  fixed  a  spring  pole  with  the  pestle  to  it  like  an  old-fashioned  well 
sweep.  My  Pa  taught  the  first  school  in  the  town  in  1800,  in  a  little 
smoky  log  house ;  and  before  we  got  to  having  schools  good  for  much,  I 
was  of  age."  [This  Mr.  Barker  modestly  mentions  to  account  for  his 
lack  of  education.  We  observe,  however,  that  he  writes  and  si^ells 
better  than  many  who  have  been  to  schools  and  academies  of  greater 
pietensions.]  "In  1813,  I  got  married,  and  the  next  year  we  moved  8 
miles  north  of  Sjienccr.  I  ))roke  two  miles  into  the  woods  without  any 
house  between ;  lived  one  summer  alone  without  hearing  any  noise,  ex- 
cept the  hooting  of  the  owls  and  the  whistling  of  the  wind.  Here  we 
stayed  40  years  till  our  children  grew  up,  got  married  and  left  us.  Here 
I  sjicnt  the  best  part  of  my  days,  and  I  may  say  my  hap2)iest  ones,  in 
clearing  up  and  cultivating  my  farm,  and  raising  stock,  till  we  got  too 
old  to  work.  I  then  left  my  farm  with  my  son-in-law,  ami  bought  a 
house  and  lot  in  the  village  (of  Spencer)  on  one  corner  of  my  father's 
old  homestead.     Here  we  expect  to  die." 

"  I  had  been  wanting  to  go  back  to  see  the  jjlace  of  my  nativity,  old 
Wioma,  3  miles  below  Wilkesbarre.  I  wanted  to  see  how  much  it  had 
altered  in  66  years.  Well,  in  July  last  I  got  started ;  found  the  old  spot ; 
was  surprised  to  see  so  little  improvement  or  alteration.  There  I  was  in 
the  same  streets  I  used  to  play  in.  There  were  the  same  brooks,  the  same 
hills :  but  the  neighbors,  where  were  they  ?  All  gone.  I  was  a  stranger 
in  my  own  country.  Nobody  knew  me,  nor  did  I  find  any  one  that  I 
knew,  and  but  one  person  that  I  liad  ever  seen  before.  It  made  me  feel 
very  solemn  to  sec  how  man  passes  away." 


Sec.  VII.]  QREAT-ORANDSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  105 

died  May  16,  18-13,  aged  70.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Lodo- 
wick  Light,  Esq.,  one  of  the  first  settlers  on  the  Susquehannah. 
The  children  of  Stephen  and  Orley  Dodd  were : 

1.  Sally,  Tuesday,  June  30,  1795;  died  in  Sept.,  1857,  aged  about  62. 

Slie  married  Benjamin  Lewis,  about  1809.    (See  note.) 

2.  Amzi,  Monday,  Jan.  31,  1796 ;  drowTied   in  the  Susquehannah,  Oct, 

9,  1815,  aged  about  19.    (See  note.) 

3.  Lewis,  Friday,  Nov.  9,  1798;  died  June  12,  1845,  aged  neariy  47, 

4.  Phebe,  Wednesday,  Nov.  19,  1800.      She  married  Hubbard  Thurs- 

ton, about  1820,  had  eight  children — Maria,  Amy,  Anna,  Orley, 
Sarah,  Henry,  Harrison,  and  Wesley.    They  live  in  Illinois. 

5.  Isaac,  Monday,  Oct.  4,  1802. 

6.  Polly,  Wednesday,  Nov.  21,  1804.     Married,  about  1826,  Hartwell 

Thurston,  brother  of  Phebe's  husband.    They  reside  at  Wyoming, 
Wyoming  Co.,  Illinois. 

7.  Amy,  Friday,  Dec.  5,  1806 ;    married,  first,  Beniah  Monday  Vanda- 

mark,  and  2d,  Samuel  Lee.      Resides  in  Nichols,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

8.  Stephen,  Wednesday,  March  15,  1809. 

9.  Hakkison,  Sunday,  April  21,  1811. 

10.  Thaddeus  Seeley,  Friday,  May  26,  1815. 

11.  Charles,  Sunday,  Feb.  14,  1818;  died  April  18,  1826,  at  8  years. 


Lewis,  of  Stephen  3d,  married,  first,  Anne  Grennell,  Nov.  6th  ceg. 
13,  1822,  and  second,  Susan  Smith,  Nov.  S,  1840.      The  first 
wife's  children  were : 


1.  Sally. 


Note. — There  is  some  error  in  these  dates,  but  we  have  not  the  means  of 
correcting  them.  Either  the  birth  of  Sally  is  given  a  year  too  late,  or 
that  of  Amzi  a  year  too  early — ^probably  the  latter.  And  we  suspect 
Sally's  marriage  should  be  1819,  instead  of  1809,  as  it  is  given  in  the 
letter  of  her  brother,  Harrison  Dodd.  In  all  the  family  records  we  have 
examined  there  is  no  other  instance  of  a  marriage  at  the  age  of  fourteen. 
14 


108  GREAT-QRAIWSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  [Part  1. 

3.  Allen. 

3.  LE'vns. 

4.  Lydl^  Ann. 

5.  Benjamin. 

By  the  second  wife  he  had : 

6.  Eunice  Delphine. 

7.  Francis  Louisa. 

8.  Bykon. 


5th  Deg.      Isaac,  of  Stephen  8d,  married,  about  1824,  Sally  Ann  Wil- 
cox.    He  lives  at  Texas,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa.,  and  has : 

1.  Clinton. 
3.  Le-wis. 

3.  HiEAM. 

4.  George. 

5.  Harrison. 

6.  Polly. 

7.  IVIaria. 

8.  Orley. 


5th  Deg.  Stephen"  4th,  of  Stephen  3d,  married  in  (or  near)  Genesee 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1836,  Loraine  Blodgett,  had  two  children, 
moved  "West  about  1838,  and  has  not  since  been  heard  of  by 
his  relatives.    Some  suppose  he  has  gone  to  California. 


5th  Deg.      Harrison,  of  Stephen  3d,  married.  May  12,  1833,  Eliza- 
beth Hannah  Smith.     They  live  in   Burhngton,   Bradford 
Co.,  Pa.,  (this  county  adjoins  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,)  and  have  two 
children : 
1.  Phebe,  bom  June  9,  1834;   married  Reuben  C.  Haight,  April  33, 


Sec.  VII.]        GREAT- GHANDSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  107 

1851,  and  lias  three  children,  Florence,  Frank,  and  Edward 
Haight, 
3.  Stephen,  bom  August  20, 1836.  He  married,  April  23, 1859,  Betsey 
Morehouse,  and  has  a  daughter  named  Orley,  after  its  great  grand- 
mother. Stephen  has  gone  to  fight  for  his  country,  in  the  52d 
Regiment,  Pa,  Volunteers,  Col.  Dodge.  His  father  says  of  him : 
"  He  is  five  feet  eleven  in  his  boots,  and  weighs  225  jiounds ;  and, 
what  is  characteristic  of  the  Dodd  race,  is  as  smart  as  a  whip." 
(Harrison  Dodd  also  remarks  that  himself,  wife  and  two  children 
weigh  about  800  pounds  in  the  aggregate.) 


Thaddeus  S.,  of  Stephen  8d,  married  July  7,  1857,  Sarah  5th Deg. 
Fox.      They  live  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  near  the  line 
of  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  have  two  children : 

1.  Orley,  April  20, 1858. 
3.  Stephen,  March  20,  1860. 


■^ffft^^^^r*^'" 


Joseph,  of  Stephen,  Jr.,  and  Euth,  married,  March,  1806,  4th neg. 
in  Bradford  Co.,  Pa.,  Jane  Wilcox,  who  died  about  two  years 
before  him,  after  a  union  of  fifty-two  years.      Their  children 
were: 

1.  Elizabeth,  May  24,  1808. 

2.  Abigail,  Aug.  18, 1810. 

3.  John  W.,  Sept.  26,  1813. 

4.  Joseph,  Sept.  27,  1817. 

5.  Jane,  Jan.  24,  1831.     She  married  Hardy  Peck,  Huron  County,  Ohio, 

April,  1838.      He  died  the  next  September  after  their  marriage, 
and  she  died  May  11,  1851. 

6.  Daniel,  Oct.  8,  1833. 


108  GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  JR.  [Part  I. 

6th  Deg.  John  W.,  of  Joseph,  married  in  Erie  Co.,  Pa.,  to  Sarah. 
White,  Dec.  17,  1835.  He  now  resides  in  Whitewater,  Wal- 
worth Co.,  Wisconsin.     Their  children  are : 

1.  Horace  F.,  Sept.  20,  1836 ;  married  in  Knox  Co.,  Illinois,  to  Mary  A. 

Duncan,  Jan.  31,  1860. 

2.  Maria  E.,  Feb.  2,  1840;  died  Oct.  5,  1850,  aged  10. 

3.  Augustus  P.,  Feb.  4, 1841 ;  died  May  5,  1851,  aged  10. 

4.  Irene  L.,  Marcli  30, 1843. 

5.  Alice,  Jan.  26,  1846;  died  Jan.  27,  1846,  at  1  day  old. 

6.  Adeline  F.,  Nov.  1,  1847. 

0 

6th Deg.      Horace  F.,  of  John  W.,  married  in  Knox  Co.,  Illinois,  to 
Mary  A.  Duncan,  Jan.  31,  1860. 


GREAT-GRANDSON     JOSHUA. 


Daniel    1st. 


)  Daniel     Sd,     1st  Deg. 

Section  VIII.  (s.ephemst.  2d  Deg. 

Descendants  of  Joshua,  fourth  son  of  Stephen  the  Cooper. 

JOSHUA,  4th  son  of  Stephen  the  cooper,  married  Abigail  3d  Deg. 
Conclit,  sister  to  the  wife  of  Capt.  Amos  Dodd.      They 
had: 

1.  Bethuel.  Eev.  Betliuel  Dodd  graduated  at  Queen's  College,  (now 
Rutgers)  and  became  the  first  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
Whitesborough,  (near  Utica,)  N.  Y.,  about  1794.  He  died,  says 
Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  in  1799,  but  we  find  he  was  living  as  late  as 
1801  or  1803,  He  married  Sarah  Pierson,  but  left  no  children. 
3.  Nathaniel,  born  Oct.  19,  1769 ;  died  Feb.  28,  1849,  in  his  80th  year 

3.  Phebe,  married  Ichabod  Harrison. 

4.  Betsey,  married  Stephen  Harrison,  second  cousin  of  Ichabod.     (She 

was  to  have  married  the   William  Dodd,  son  of  Matthias,  who 
was  killed  ])y  lightning.     She  still  lives  a  widow  in  East  Orange.) 

Nathaniel,  of  Joshua,  (1769-1849)  married  Lucy  Bald-  4th  Deg. 
win,  (grand-daughter  of  Deacon  Isaac  Dodd,)  who  was  born 
Jan.  31,  1770,  and  died  April  3,  1842,  aged  72.      They  were 
married  Nov.  24,  1791,  lived  at  Bloomfield,  and  had  : 

1.  Bethuel,  Feb.  3,  1793.    He  went  to  Richmond,  Va.,  and  died  there 

Aug.  33,  1817,  unmarried,  aged  34. 
3.  Matthias,  Nov.  31,  1794.      Was  a  harness  maker;  died  April  15, 

1863. 


no  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSHTIA.  [Part  I. 

3.  Egbert,  May  31,  1797;  disappeared  at  the  age  of  27. 

4.  Alvin  Harvey,  June  20,  1803. 

5.  William  Burton,  June  29,  1806;  died  Oct.  29,  1834,  aged  28. 


stuDeg.  Matthias,  of  Nathaniel,  married,  Oct.  20,  1821,  Ehoda 
Baldwin,  who  died  Feb.  6,  1861,  in  her  63d  year,  and  had : 

1.  Bethuel,  Aug.  20,  1822;    married  Lora  Sherman,   Sept.  3,   1850. 

Lives  in  Newark. 

2.  Isaac  Baldwin,  Sept.  29,  1824.    (In  the  Lunatic  Asykim  at  Trenton.) 

3.  Dennis  Osborn,  Jan  4,  1827.    Dennis  Osborn  lias  assumed  the  name 

of  Osborn,  in  compliance  with  the  will  of  a  IMi*.  Osbom,  who 
adojDted  him.  He  is  a  grocer  in  Newark ;  firm  of  Camp  and 
Osborn. 

4.  Lucy  A.,  Oct.  23,  1828;  died  Dec.  9,  1832. 

5.  Edward  V.  B.,  April  11,  1831;  married  Sept.  20, 1860,  Mary  K.  An- 

druss,  daughter  of  the  late  Steiihcn  H.  Andruss,  of  Newark.  Lives 
in  New  York ;  is  a  book  keeper. 

6.  Lucy  A.,  Oct.  15, 1833. 

7.  George  F.,  July  3, 1836.    Lives  in  New  York ;  is  a  salesman. 

8.  Stephen  W.,  July  23,  1838;  died  Nov.  11,  1839. 

9.  Mary  E.,  June  9,  1843. 

0 

5th  Deg.  Robert,  of  Nathaniel,  married,  Feb.  11,  1821,  Sarah  C. 
Dodd,  (of  Samuel  4th,)  who  was  born  Sept.  27,  1798,  had  one 
child  that  died  very  young.  His  wife  died  in  Reading,  Pa,, 
April  5,  1823.  He  went  to  visit  his  relatives  at  the  West, 
returned  as  far  as  Albany,  and  disappeared  mysteriously, 
about  Aug.  9,  1824. 


5ihDcg.  Alvan  H.,  of  Nathaniel,  born  June  20,  1803;  married 
Sept.  5,  1824,  to  Mary  Sayre,  wlio  was  born  March  8,  1799. 
They  live  in  Bloomfield,  and  have : 


Sec.  VIIL]  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOSHUA.  ill 

1.  ROBEKT,  June  18,  1825. 

3.  Sarah  JVIatilda,  Sept.  16,  1837;  married  Thomas  S,  Spear,  May  30, 
1846. 

3.  Nathaniel  Hervey,  Sept.  1, 1839. 

4.  ]VIary  Carolese,  Nov.  14, 1831 ;  married  Theodore  Pierson,  Feb.  20, 

1856. 

5.  Charlotte  Gertrude,  Nov.  1, 1833. 

6.  William  Henry,  Sept.  33,  1836  ;  Captain  in  the  N.  J.  Volunteers. 

0 

Egbert,  of  Alvan  H.,  married  Frances  W.  Elam,  of  Fay-  ethDeg. 
etteville,  K  Carolina,  Sept.  22,  1853.     They  have  a  daughter : 

1.  Emma  Glenn  Dodd,  born  Oct.  31, 1856. 

0 

Nathaniel  H.,  of  Alvan  H.,  married  Caroline  Ward,  Sept.  ethDeg. 

2,  1851,  and  had: 

1.  Ella  Augusta,  April  16,  1854. 

2.  Robert  Harvey,  Nov.,  1860;  died  Aug.  21,  1861. 

0 

William  B.,  of  Nathaniel,  married,  June  2,  1829,  Susan  5th Deg. 
Bedell,  who  was  born  Aug.  26,  1805,  and  died  Jan.,  1852. 
They  had : 

1.  Edward  Wilson,  bom  March   11,  1830;   died  Jan.  10,  1851,  un- 
married. 

3.  Caroline,  bom  Nov.  9,  1831;  died  Nov.  12,  1850,  unmarried. 
3.  William  Burton  3d,  bom  Dec.  28,  1832 ;  died  Feb.  13,  1859. 

0 

William  B.,   of   William  B.,    married,   March  4,  1854,  cmneg. 

Martha  Ann  Barton,  (who  survives,  in  Newark,)  and  had  : 

1.  WiLLLAM  Burton  3d,  Dec.  4,  1854, 
3.  Edward  Wilson,  June  12,  1856. 
3.  Charles  Barton,  Oct.  11, 1857. 


Division  III. 


Grandson  John,  third  son  of  Daniel  2d. 

JOHN,  tliird  son  of  Daniel  2d,  married  Elizabeth  Lamp- 
son,*  who  was  born  about  1695,  and  died  in  June,  1791, 
aged  96  years.  John  Dod  1st  died  about  1762,  aged  probably 
not  far  from  seventy.     His  children  were  : 

1.  Perhaps  Eleazar  Dod,  wliose  name  appears  as  witness  to  an  old  deed 

dated  1728-9.     He  probably  died  early. 

2.  Abigail,  wlio  married  Job  Crane.     Her  cbildren  were  Aaron  Crane, 

Thomas,  killed  on  the  eve  of  marriage  by  a  tree,  and  Betty,  who 
married  Matthias  Crane. 


*  Elizabeth  Lampson,  (not  Sampson,  as  it  is,  perhaps  by  an  error  of 
the  printer,  in  Rev.  S.  Dodd's  Record,)  was  j^robably  a  daughter,  or  jios- 
sibly  a  granddaughter,  of  Eleazar  Lamson,  who  married  Abigail  Swaine, 
daughter  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Swaine  and  his  wife  Joanna,  who  were  among 
the  leaders  of  the  first  settlement  of  Newark.  Abigail  Lamson  had  four 
sisters:  1.  Elizabeth,  who  married,  first,  Josiah  Ward,  and  had  a  son, 
Samuel  Ward,  Esq. ;  and  secondly,  David  Ogden,  by  whom  she  had 
John,  Josiah,  David  and  Swaine  Ogden  ;  2.  Joanna,  who  married  Jasper 
Crane,  Jun'r,  and  had  Joseijh,  Jonathan,  Elihu  and  David  Crane,  (a 
daughter  married  Robert  Ogden  of  Elizabeth,  and  it  is  said  was  the 
ancestor  of  Gov.  Daniel  Haines) ;  3.  Christina  married  Nathaniel  Ward ; 
4.  Sarah  married  Thomas  Johnson. 


GRANDSON  JOHN  113 

3.  John,  bom  about  1726 ;  died  Nov.  13,  1795,  aged  69. 

4.  Mary,  married  Joseph  Cliaudler.     Her  grandson,  David  D.  Chandler, 

kei)t  the  Park  House  in  Newark  about  1830.     (See  note.) 

5.  Phebe,  maiTied  Elihu  Ward.     Lived  near  Bloomfield. 

6.  David,  born  Oct.  11,  1733;  died  March  31,  1817,  aged  83. 

7.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1737;  married  John  Peck,t  and  died  1761, 

aged  24.     She  left  two  sons,   Joseph  Peck   and  Stephen  Peck. 
The  latter  was  the  father  of  Deacon  Peter  Peck  of  South  Oranye. 


Note. — Descendants  of  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Dodd  1st,  and  wife 
of  Joseph,  Chandler,  (not  David,  as  the  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd  has  the 
name).     Their  chikhen.  in  order  of  age,  were : 

1.  David,  married  Maiy  Walsh.     Their  son  David  died  without  issue. 

2.  Nathaniel,  married  Frances  Dow,  1784 ;  and  had  Joseph,  Feb.  4, 
1785;  Elizabeth,  1787;  David  D.,  1789,  (the  late  David  D.  Chandler, 
who  kept  the  Park  House  in  Newark ;  Nathaniel,  1791,  (dec'd) ;  Frances, 
1793,  (dec'd) ;  Mary,  1795,  living,  (1861) ;  Lydia,  1797,  living  in  New- 
ark, N.  J. ;  wife  of  Harmon  Herrick ;  Calvin,  1799,  living  in  Western 
New  York;  Hannah,  1803,  (dec'd). 

3.  Elizabeth,  married  George  Denniston,  and  had  Joseph,  Nathaniel, 
Anthony,  (decVl),  Mary  and  David  Denniston.  (Hon.  Robert  Denniston, 
of  Albany,  is  of  this  femily.) 

4.  Josejjh,  married  Mary  Dean,  and  had  Elizabeth,  Linas,  (decxl), 
Phebe,  John,  (dec'd),  Harriet,  and  Hiram,  (dec'd). 

5.  John,  married  Rachel  Conger,  and  had  Conger,  (dec'd,)  Zenas, 
Marcus,  (dec'd),  Andrew  K.  and  David,  (dec'd).  (Andrew  K.  Chandler 
lives  at  Newbiu"gh,  N.  Y.) 

6.  Mary,  married  James  Greig,  and  had  Catharine,  Achsah  or  Axy, 
(dec'd),  Melissa,  (dec'd). 

David  D.  Chandler,  son  of  Nathaniel,  married  Mary  Saycr.  Their 
children  were  Frances,  Elizaljeth,  Caroline,  Evi,  (dec'd),  Nathaniel, 
Albert,  Susan,  Martha  G.,  Sarah  T.,  Mary,  Julia  and  David.  (Some 
remain  in  Newark,  and  some  have  gone  West.) 

(The  descendants  of  Mary  Chandler  are  numerous,  and  widely  scatter- 
ed. We  have  not  space  to  give  a  fuller  record.  What  has  been  already 
given  will  be  sufficient  to  enable  the  different  branches  of  this  family  to 
trace  their  descent  and  relationshii).) 


t  Judge  John  Peck  died  about  1811,  aged  about  79.     His  second  wife 
was  Mary  Harrison,  sister  to  the  wife  of  David  Dodd. 
15 


GREAT-GRANDSON     JOHN, 

(the    assessou.) 


Daniel  1st.  \ 
Ist  Deg.    Daniel  2d.   > 

2d  Deg.  John  i„. )  Section  IX. 

Descendants  of  John  the  Assessor,  ist  son  of  John  ist. 

3d  Deg.  TTOHN  2d,  first  son  of  John  1st,  was  known  during  his 
O  father's  hfe  time  (or  till  about  1762,)  as  "John  Dod 
y"  3d,"  to  distinguish  him  from  another  John  Dod  the  carpen- 
ter, son  of  Guilford  Daniel.  The  name  of  "John  Dod  3d," 
early  occurs  in  the  Newark  Town  Eecords,  he  being  chosen 
Assessor  of  the  town,  (then  comprising  nearly  or  quite  the 
whole  of  the  present  county  of  Essex,  from  the  Passaic  at 
Newark,  to  the  Passaic  at  Hanover,)  in  March,  1754,  and  re- 
elected every  year  but  one  or  two  for  many  years.  lie  mar- 
ried Jane  Smith,  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith,  and  had : 

1.  Hannah,  Nov.  7,  1753;  she  married  Betliuel  Ward,  and  died  Nov.  17, 

1820,  aged  67. 
3.  Eleazar,  died  1807,  aged  about  50. 

3.  UzAL,  born  March,  1759;  died  April  9,  1837,  aged  G8. 

4.  John,  born  Nov.  5,  17G1 ;  died  Sept.  5,  1836,  aged  65. 

5.  Linus,  born  June  18,  1765;  died  Aug.  3,  1835,  aged  GO. 


yy\^#»^*v>/^'~. 


4th Deg.      Eleazar,  of  John  2d,  died  in  Dodd  Town,  1807.     lie  mar- 
ried Abigail  Harrison,  and  had : 

1.  Hannah,  born  1783;  died  of  consumption,  immarried,  Dec.  28,1845, 
aged  62. 


Sec.  IX.]     OEEAT-ORANDSON  JOHN,  rilE  ASSESSOR.         115 

2.  Stephen,  Sept.  26,  1786 ;  living  in  Dodd  Town. 

3.  Abial,  born  1789;  died  in  Dodd  Town,  Jan.  4,  1760,  in  his  71st  year. 

4.  Lydia,   Oct.    15,  1792;  married   Cheveril  Condit,  Marcli    12,    1818, 

and  died  June  20,  1846. 


Stephen,  of  Eleazar,  married  Mary  Condit,  Feb.  1,  1826,  sthDeg. 
and  had : 

1.  Stephen  Harrison,  Jan.  7,  1828. 

3.  ViNER  Vajstzandt,  Dec.  17, 1829  ;  lives  with  his  father  in  Dodd  Town. 

3.  Samuel  Morris,  June  3,  1832 ;  is  a  dealer  in  hats  and  furs  in  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 

4.  Abial  Monroe,  March  25,  1834. 

5.  Henry  Pierson,  Jan.  28,  1836. 

6.  Harriet  Pierson,  Jan.  26,  1839. 

7.  Ira  Condit,  June  26,  1841. 

8.  Marcus  Dixon,  Jan.  17,  1844. 


Stephen  H.,   of   Stephen,   married  Susan  C.  Washburn,  etbDeg. 
Sept.  27,  1852 ;  lives  in  Dodd  Town,  (Orange),  and  has : 

1.  Silas  Washburn  Dodd,  bom  Nov.  18,  1857. 
3.  Frank,  died  March  30,  1861,  aged  8  months. 

0 

ViNER  Y.,  of  Stephen,  married  Abby  Porter,  Nov.  20, 1856,  ct^Deg. 
and  has : 

1.  Mary  Lisbon,  bom  Dec.  14,  1857. 

2.  Samuel  Irving,  born  March  17,  1860  ;  died  April  12, 1861. 


Abial,  of  Eleazar,  married,  1815,  Nancy  Dodd,  daughter  ntiiDeg. 
of  Matthias,  of  Joseph.     They  lived  in  Dodd  Town,  and  had 
an  only  child : 
1.  Eleazar  Monroe. 


116  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOHN;  THE  ASSESSOR     [Part  I. 

ctiiDeg.  Eleazar  Monroe,  (of  Abial,)  was  born  May  13,  1817. 
He  was  an  Alderman  of  Newark,  and  a  member  of  a 
Sanitary  Committee,  at  the  time  of  tlie  visitation  of  cholera  in 
the  summer  of  1854,  His  zeal  in  discharge  of  his  duties  ex- 
posed him  to  the  epidemic,  of  which  he  died  July  31,  1854, 
aged  37.  He  married  Sept.  14,  1837,  Catharine  Leonard,  and 
had  eight  children,  of  whom  the  youngest  was  born  a  few 
weeks  after  his  death : 

1.  William  Henry,  Jan.  1,  1838.     He  enlisted  in  the  President's  Guard, 

at  Washington,  and  died  in  the  army,  March,  1863. 

2.  Frakces  Caroline,  March  7,  1840. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  May  21,  1843. 

4.  Lewis,  Nov.  18,  1845 ;  died  at  4  weeks. 

5.  Hannah,  Dec.  18,  1846. 

6.  Kate,  May  24,  1850. 

7.  Eaolv,  Oct.  15,  1852;  died  at  1  year,  Oct.  15, 185D. 

8.  Eleazar  Monroe,  Aug.  25, 1854. 


4th  Deg.  UzAL,  of  John  2d,  was  born  March  9,  1759,  and  died  April 
9,  1827,  aged  68.  He  married  Jan.  14,  1783,  Phebe  Freeman, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Freeman,  who  died  May  23,  1836,  in  his 
73d  year.     Their  graves  are  at  Orange.     They  had  : 

1.  Mary,  Dec.  31,  1784;  married  Caleb  Baldwin,  Sept.  1807. 

2.  Samuel  Morris,  Jan.  18,  1788.    He  lost  his  life  in  a  melancholy 

manner,  as  will  presently  be  related,  Oct.  24, 1831,  at  the  age  of  44. 

3.  Amanda,  Sept.  7,  1791;  married  March  9,  1813,  Peter  Campbell,  and 

died  Feb.  23,  1852. 

4.  LuciNDA,  Oct.  25,  1793;  married  Dec.  1,  1814,  Henry  Vail. 


Sec.  IX.]     GREAT-GRANDSON  JOHN,  THE  ASSESSOR.  117 

Samuel  M.,  only  son  of  Uzal,  married  April   11,   1811,  f.tiiDeg 
Jemima  Condit,  (daughter  of  Samuel  and  sister  of  the  Samuel 
Condit  who  lives  at  the  head  of  Park  street,  Orange,  and  had : 

1.  Mart,  July  5,  1812 ;  married  Sept.  10,  1831,  George  W.  Freeman. 

2.  Lavtnia,  Dec.  19,  1813;  married  Jan.  29,  1S34,  Calvin  D.  Pierson. 

She  died  the  next  year,  1835,  Nov.  12. 

3.  Makgaretta,  Nov.  1,  1818;  manied  Dec.  6,  1837,  Calvin  D.  Pierson. 

4.  Samuel  C,  July  23,  1822.     Perished  with  his  father,  Oct.  54,  1831. 

5.  Samttel  Uzal,  July  27,  1828.     Lived  in  Orange. 

Samuel  M.  Dodd,  with  his  son  Samuel  C,  a  promising  boy  of  nine 
years,  and  a  young  colored  man,  were  found  dead  in  an  old  cider  cistern, 
suffocated  by  the  foul  air.  It  is  supposed  the  little  Ijoy,  in  his  play,  got 
into  the  cistern,  and  that  the  others  lost  their  lives  in  trymg  to  save  him. 
Thus  perished  a  worthy  and  useful  man  in  the  prime  of  manhood,  and 
two  others  in  the  morning  of  life. 


Samuel  Uzal,  of  Samuel  M.,  married  Sarah  Ann  Dodd,"  cthDeg. 
(daughter  of  Aaron,)  Sept.  24, 1851.     She  died  March  3,  1860, 
aged  29.     They  had  : 

1.  Maria  Loihsa,  bom  Aug.  13,  1853. 

2.  1VL4.RY  Thornton,  bom  Oct.  23,  1855  ;  died  Feb.  4,  1860. 

3.  A  son,  born  Feb.  27,  1860;  died,  unnamed,  the  next  day. 

Married,  May  21,  1862,  as  his  second  wife,  Hannah  Maria  Condit, 
daughter  of  Cheveril  or  Sacheveril  Condit. 

He  was  a  Captain  in  the  26th  Regiment  of  the  New  .Jersey  Volun- 
teers, Company  H,  and  was  mortally  wounded  in  the  alxlomen,  June 
5,  1863.t 


*  See  the  family  of  John  the  carj)enter. 

t  Capt.  S.  U.  Dodd  fell  mortally  wounded,  at  the  head  of  his  com- 
pany, near  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  June  5th,  1863.  His  regiment  was  one 
of  those  raised  for  nine  months  only,  and  his  term  would  have  expired 


118  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOHN,  THE  ASSESSOR.     [Paut  I. 

4th  Deg.  John  3d,  son  of  John  2d,  (commonly  known  as  GcncFcal 
Dodd,)  bom  Nov.  5,  1761.  Married  Abby  Dodd,  (daughter 
of  Deacon  Isaac  Dodd,)  May  11, 1786.  He  died  Sept.  5, 1826. 
She  died  Jan.  11,  1846.  He  filled  various  offices,  among 
others  those  of  member  of  the  Legislature,  Colonel  and  Gen- 
eral of  Militia.     He  had  : 

1.  Mima,  died  March  28,  1851,  aged  62,  unmarried. 

2.  Jane,  married  Joseph  Rodgers,  Feb.  8,  1809.      She  died  at  Bloom- 

field  March  20,  1862,  aged  71. 

3.  Joseph  Smith,  died  Sept.  5,  1847,  aged  57. 

4.  Amzi  1st,  graduated  at  Princeton,  1813,  with  high  honor;    was  a 


in  two  weeks.  When  his  embalmed  body  came  home  for  burial,  the 
citizens  of  Orange  and  its  vicinity  gathered  by  thousands,  and  rendered 
such  honors  to  his  memory,  as  a  grateful  people  pay  to  the  heroes  who 
lay  down  their  lives  for  their  country.  We  annex  an  eloquent  and 
feeling  tril)ute  to  the  memory  of  Cajjt.  Dodd  from  Rev.  D.  T.  Morrill, 
late  Chaplain  of  his  Regiment : 

Newakk,  N.  J.,  July  yth,  1863. 
Dr.  B.  L.  Dodd: 

JDeai"  Sir — I  esteem  it  Ijoth  a  privilege  and  pleasure  to  comply  with 
your  request  that  I  should  bear  some  testimony  to  the  character  of  the 
late  lamented  Capt.  S.  U.  Dodd,  of  Co.  H,  26th  Regiment,  N.  J.  Vols. 
My  acquaintance  with  him  was  brief,  embracing  only  some  nine  months, 
but  it  was  under  circumstances  that  form  the  severest  test  of  character. 
There  are  few  more  fieiy  ordeals  through  which  character  passes  than 
an  official  position  in  the  [American]  army.  This  he  withstood  as  gold 
stands  the  fire.  His  was  a  character  so  consistent,  compact  and  com- 
plete, that  it  was  only  polished  and  purified  by  the  friction  that  wears 
and  wastes  that  formed  of  less  durable  materials.  There  was  m  him 
a  rare  blending  of  varied  and  02>posite  qualities.  In  some  single  quali- 
ties there  were  doubtless  some  officers  in  the  Regiment  who  were  his 
equals  or  superiors ;  but  in  all  the  elements  that  enter  into  that  combi- 
nation requisite  to  produce  in  one  i^erson  an  upright  man,  a  good 
officer,  an  ardent  patriot,  and  an  huml^le  Christian,  he  was  without  an 
equal.  He  had  those  qualities  rarely  found  in  combination,  by  which 
he  could  ])c  familiar  with  his  men  without  breeding  contempt — which 
enabled  him  to  mingle  with  them  when  off  duty  as  equals,  and  when 
on  duty  command  them  as  a  superior.  His  patriotism  was  of  the  purest 
and  most  persistent  character.      It  was  such  that  no  hardshij)  nor  tern- 


Sec.  IX.]     GREAT-GRANDSON  JOHN,  THE  ASSESSOR.  110 

prominent  lawyer,  and  several  times  a  member  of  the  Legislature 

He  died  at  Trenton  Marcli  19,  1838,  in  his  45th  year;  was  never 

married. 
5.  Sarah,  married  William  A.  Whelpley,  March  5,  1817.      Their  son 

Edward  W.  Whelpley,  born  1818,  is  now  the  respected   Chief 

Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey. 

G.  Chaklotte,  married  Hugh  F.  Randolph,  Nov.  23,  1835.      She  died 

Oct.  15,  1857,  aged  57. 


porary  reverses  could  shake.      The  voice  of  duty  was  to  him  as  the 
voice  of  God. 

For  some  weeks  before  the  second  l^attle  of  Fredericksburg  he  had 
been  quite  sick  and  off  duty ;  and  in  the  opinion  of  the  Surgeon  and 
other  officers  was  not  able  to  go  with  the  Regiment.  But  he  could 
not  bear  to  have  his  company  in  the  perils  of  battle  without  being  at 
its  head.  So  he  followed  on  after  it,  and  caught  uj)  before  the  Regiment 
crossed  the  river.  In  storming  the  heights  he  kept  along  as  well  as  his 
feeble  strength  would  allow.  Through  his  patriotic  desire  and  mdom- 
itable  will,  he  rose  so  far  superior  to  bodily  weakness,  as  in  the  bloody 
battle  of  the  next  day.  May  4th,  to  take  command  of  his  company  and 
distinguish  himself  for  coolness  and  valor.  In  the  third  and  last  cross- 
ing of  the  Rajjpahannock,  it  fell  upon  the  26tli  N.  J.  V.  and  5th  Vt. 
to  cross  in  boats  and  charge  the  enemy's  rifle  pits.  His  company  occu- 
pied the  right  of  the  line,  and  it  was  his  place  to  lead  the  Regiment. 
This  he  did  in  heroic  style.  In  the  face  of  a  destructive  fire  from  rebel 
sharjjshooters  he  led  his  men  down  the  bank,  and  at  their  head  entered 
one  of  the  i^ontoon  boats,  soon  after  which  he  received  a  mortal  wound. 
He  lingered  about  eighteen  hours,  suffering  intense  pain  without  a 
complaint.  He  was  conscious  of  his  aj^proaching  end,  and  that  he 
might  die  in  full  possession  of  his  faculties  he  refused  to  take  stimulants 
or  opiates. 

I  felt  that  the  place  "  where  this  good  man  met  his  fate,  was  jirivileged 
beyond  the  common  walks  of  life,  quite  on  the  verge  of  heaven."  His 
"  end  was  peace,"  as  might  have  been  expected  from  one  who  in  his 
life  maintained  so  humble  and  so  consistent  a  Christian  character.  His 
loss  was  greatly  deplored  by  the  entire  Regiment.  There  was  neither 
an  officer  nor  a  man  in  the  Regiment  who  did  not  feel  that  in  his  death  he 
had  lost  a  personal  friend.  Such,  in  Ijrief  terms,  is  the  estimate  I  foi-med 
of  his  character  during  the  brief  period  that  it  was  my  privilege  to 
enjoy  his  acquaintance  and  confidence.  Many  jDrecious  gifts  have  been 
laid  on  our  country's  altar  during  this  war ;  but  none  more  precious, 
within  the  range  of  my  personal  knowledge,  than  Capt.  S.  TJ.  Dodd. 
Peace  to  his  ashes  and  honor  to  his  memory. 

David  T.  Mokrill, 

Chaplain  2(}th  N.  J.  Vols. 


130  GREAT-GRANDSON  JOUN,  THE  ASSESSOR.     [Part  I. 

7.  Phebe,  born  1800,  inarricd  William  Frame,  Sept.  2,  1844. 

8.  Louisa,  boru  1805 ;  married  Jesse  B.  Pitt,  May  12,  1829.     He  died  July 

20,  1833.     She  married  again  Benjamin  O.  Canficld,  June  29, 1842. 


5th  Deg.  Dr.  Joseph  Smith,  of  John  8d,  born  1791;  graduated  at 
Princeton  College,  1818,  with  high  honor ;  he  married  Maria 
D.  Grover,  (daughter  of  Eev.  Stephen  Grover,  of  Caldwell,) 
Feb.  5,  1817,  who  died  Oct.  15,  1828.  He  married,  secondly, 
Emma  M.  F.  Longstreet,  May  2, 1832.  lie  practiced  medicine 
thirty  years  in  Bloomfield,  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  in 
1844.     lie  had  by  his  first  wife : 

1.  John,  died  Feb.  20,  1834,  aged  IC  years. 

2.  Rosa  Grover,  manied  Samuel  A.  Brower,  April  12,  1848,  and  died 

Marcli  31,  1849,  aged  28  years. 

3.  Amzi,  born  March  2,  1823. 

4.  Stephen  G.,  bom  Marcli  25,  1826. 

5.  Abby  Maria,  born  July  2,  1828. 
He  had  by  his  second  wife : 

G.  JoiEN  FoRMAN,  boiTi  April,  1834. 

7.  Robert  H.  Gumming,   born   1837;   married,   Aug.    1859,   Catharine 
Collins. 


ethDeg.  Amzi,  of  Joseph  Smith,  graduated  at  Princeton  College  in 
1841,  with  the  highest  honors ;  married  Jane  Amelia,  daugh- 
ter of  Wilham  Frame,  Aug.  24,  1852.  He  is  now  a  lawyer 
in  Newark  ;  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature  in  1862,  and 
has: 

1.  Julia  Frame,  born  Aug.  24,  1853. 

2.  Grace  Andrews,  born  Oct.  80,  1855. 

3.  Louisa  Canfield,  born  Nov.  28,  1857. 

4.  Caroline  Porter,  born  May  20,  1860. 

5.  Rosa  Grover,  born  July  30,  1803. 


Sec.  IX.]     OREAT-GRANBSON  JOHN,  THE  ASSESSOR.  121 

Eev.  Stephen  G.,  of  Joseph  Smith,  graduated  at  Princeton  etiiDeg. 
College  in  1846,  with  the  highest  honors,  and  was  for  a  time 
mathematical  tutor   in   the  College.     He  is  now  a  Presbyte- 
rian clergymen  at  East  Eandolph,   Massachusetts;    married 
Eliza  Shaw,  Nov.,  1852,  and  has  : 
1.  Amzi,  bom  Aug.  1855. 


SMV/^^/^^I^^AArMM. 


Linus,  (of  John  2d,)  born  June  18, 1765,  died  Aug.  8,  1825,  4th  Deg 
aged  60 ;  married  Elizabeth  Pierson,  who  was  born  April  28, 
1767,  and  died  May  1,  1793,  aged  26,  leaving  two  children  :* 

1.  AcHSAH,  bom  Sept.  20,  1789.      Slie  married  Daniel  D.  Condit,  and 

died  a  widow,  at  Jersey,  Ohio,  Jan  17,  1855,  aged  65. 

2.  Calvin,  bora  Nov.  13,  1792;  still  living  in  Dodd  Town,  Orange. 


Calvin,  of  Linus,  married,  January  13, 1820,  Elizabeth  Har-  5th  Deg. 
rison,  (daughter  of  Ichabod  and  Phebe.)     She  was  born  May 
4,  1797,  and  died  December  18,  1845,  in  her  49th  year.    Their 
children  were : 

1.  PnEBE  Jane,  born  1821,  died. 

2.  Elizabeth  CAROLrNE,  bom  1823 ;  married  Enos  J.  Halsted. 

3.  Amzi  Smith,  bom  Nov.  1,  1826. 


Amzi  S.,  of  Calvin,  married,   Nov.   10,   1850,  Hannah  L.  ethDeg. 
Kilbum,  (daughter  of  Thomas  D.,)  and  had: 

1.  Lrxrs  Calvin,  born  Nov.  27,  1850 ;  died  Aug.  31,  1851. 

2.  Frederic  Milton,  born  Jan.  11,  1853;  died  Sept.  25,  1855. 

3.  Abby  Elizabeth,  bom  Jan.  14,  1856  ;  died  Dec.  24,  1859. 

4.  Caroline,  bom  July  11,  1859;  died  Dec.  29,  1859. 


*  Linus  Dodd  married  a  second  wife,  Mary  Baldwin,  Feb.  11,  1802, 
but  had  no  second  family. 
16 


GREAT-GRANDSON     DAVID. 

Daniel  Ist.  ^  .„|,pQp„„. 

1st  Deg.    Dauiel  2cl.   > 

2d  Deg.  jouu  1st. )  Section  X. 

Descendants  of  David,  second  son  of  John  i  st. 
—• •►>«©©«<•— 
3d  Deg.    1  X  AYID,  (son  of  John,  who  was  son  of  Daniel  2d,)  was 
I  7  born  Oct.  11,  1733 ;  and  died  March  31,  1817,  aged  83 
years  and  5  months.      He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Josei3h 
Harrison,  (sister  of  Kichard,  David,  Joseph  and  Jared,)  who 
was  born  Nov.  15,  1736,  and  died  March  12,  1827,  aged  90 
years  and  nearly  4  months.     (She  was  of  a  family  remarkable 
for  longevity.     Her  grandfather,  Joseph  Harrison,  Esq.,  lived 
to  the  age  of  93  or  more.)     Their  children  were : 

1.  Maky,  or  Polly,  bom  Feb.  4,  1760 ;   married,  Jan.  18,  1780,  Abijah 

Dodd,  son  of  Deacon  Isaac.     She  died  Nov.  3,  1837,  aged  77. 
3.  Zebina,  bom  Jan.  25,  1763 ;  died  in  Orange,  Sept.  13,  1843,  aged  81. 

3.  Elizabeth,  bom  Sept.,  1763 ;  died  Aug,  31,  1794,  aged  30 ;  unmar- 

ried. 

4.  Rhoda,  bom  Oct.  30,  1765 ;  married,  1793,  Samuel  Morris,  and  died 

Aug.  31, 1836,  aged  73. 

5.  Abigail,  born  Marcli  15,  1768;   never  married;  died  Aug.  10,  1853, 

aged  85. 

6.  Sarah,  bom  April  30,  1771 ;   married  John  J.  Baldwin,  April,  1833, 

after  lier  sister  Lydia's  death.    She  died  July  6,  1838,  aged  07. 

7.  David,  bom  Jime  3, 1773;  died  Jan,  9,  1859,  aged  86. 

8.  Phebe,  bom  June  15,  1776 ;  died  immarried  Jan.  10,  1813,  aged  35, 

9.  Lydia,  bom  Aug.  13, 1779 ;  manicd  Reuben  Dodd,  son  of  Nathaniel, 

in  May,  1798 ;  had  two  sons,  Nathaniel  R.  and  Zebina,  and  after 


Sec.  X.]  OREAT-ORANDSON  DAVID.  133 

Ms  death  by  di-owning  in  1803,  she  married,  May  38,  1805,  John 
J.  Baklwin,  (by  whom  she  had  Reuben,  Joseph,  Sarah  and  Aljljy 
Baldwin.)     She  died  Feb.  10,  1831,  aged  43. 


— '^A*W'/>/^'/^^^^^^ 


Zebina,  of  David,  married  Betsey  Eange,  half  sister  to  the  4th  Deg. 
wives  of  Moses  Dodd  and  Ebenezer  Dodd ;    (her  father  was 
John  Eange  and  her  mother  the  widow  of  Ezekiel  Crane ;) 
she  died  May  10,  1827.     They  had: 

1.  Polly  R.,  bora  June  30,  1788;  died  April  18,  1816,  aged  38. 
3.  Nancy,  bom  June  13,  1790;  died  May  30,  1855,  aged  65.      She  mar- 
ried Elias  Meeker. 

3.  Lydia,  born  Jime  11,  1793;  died  March  18,  1813,  aged  30. 

4.  FiLLETTY,  Oct.  7,  1793;  died  July  16,  1794,  aged  1. 

5.  John  Range,  bom  Sept.  7,  1795. 

6.  Samuel  Tyler,  bom  Feb.  13,  1798;  died  April  30,  1849,  aged  51. 

7.  Israel,  bom  March  9,  1800 ;  died  Sept.  7,  1804,  aged  4. 

8.  Israel,  born  July  9,  1805  ;  died  Oct.  31,  1841,  aged  36. 


John  R.,  of  Zebina,  married,  July  15,  1833,  Sophia  Bacon,  5th  ceg. 
and  has  (all  born  in  Bloomfield) : 

1.  John  R.,  bom  Aug.  9,  1834. 
3.  William  B.,  born  Feb.  6,  1837. 
3.  Edwin  F.,  bom  April  4,  l^i\. 


John  R,  Jun'r,  of  John  R.,  married  Hester  Varick,  Nov.  ethDeg. 
26,  1856,  and  had  (in  West  Bloomfield) : 

1.  Emily  S.,  born  Feb.  9,  1857. 
3.  Albert  V.,  born  May  39,  1859. 


Samuel  T.,  of  Zebina,  married  Eliza  Sisco,  Oct.  16,  1821,  5th  Deg. 
and  had : 


1 24  GEEA  T-  GBAIWSON  JDA  VID.  [Part  I. 

1.  Phebe,  July  23, 1823 ;  married,  1851,  Isaac  L.  Van  Ordcn. 

2.  Zebina,  Nov.  15, 1825. 

3.  Stephen  H.,  May  13, 1828;  died  Jan.  25, 1856,  in  Orange. 

4.  Israel  L,,  Aug.  7,  1830. 

5.  John  R.,  July  16,  1832 ;  died  Jan.  6,  1856,  in  Orange. 

6.  Joseph  B,,  Nov.  23,  1834;  died  Aug.  11,  1847,  in  Orange. 

7.  James  W.,  Oct.  17, 1836. 

8.  Samuel  T.,  Dec.  23,  1838. 

(All  born  in  Orange  except  John  R.,  wlio  was  born  in  East  Newark.) 

0 

6th  Deg.      Zebina,  of  Samuel  T.,  married  Sarah  E.  Van  Orden ;  lately- 
removed  from  Orange  to  Ohio,  and  has : 

1.  Sarah  L.,  bom  Aug.  3,  1848. 

2.  Eliza  L.,  bom  Oct.  22, 1850. 

3.  Laura  C,  bom  Dec.  4,  1852. 

4.  George  Irvin,  bom  Feb.  23,  1855;  died  May  8, 1861. 

5.  Phebe  A.,  born  Aug.  26,  1857;  died  suddenly,  March,  1861. 

6.  Walter  Z.,  bom  Dec.  8,  1859. 
(All  bom  in  Orange.) 


6thDeg.      Stephen  H.,  of  Samuel  T.,  married  Letitia  Halsted,  1851, 
and  had  a  daughter : 
1.  Adela. 


ethDeg.      Israel  L.,  of  Samuel  T.,  married  Angeline  Hoeyman,  1850, 
and  has : 

1.  Elizabeth  B.,  bom  May  18, 1850,  in  Belleville,  N.  J. 
3.  Samuel  O.,  born  June  4,  1853,  in  Fayetteville,  N.  C. ;  died  in  the 
same  place,  March  29,  1854. 

3.  Samuel  II.,  born  Aug.  12, 1855,  same  place, 

4.  Theron  S.,  born  Jan.  3, 1858,  in  Orange,  N.  J. 

5.  OscAK,  bom  Dec.  1, 1861. 


Sec.  X.]  GREAT-GRANDSON  DAVID.  125 

Israel,  of  Zebina,  born  July  9,  1805;  died  Oct.  21,  1841,  sthDeg. 
aged  36.      He  married  Amanda  Malvina  Williams,  Feb.  8, 
1831,  and  had: 

1.  Hekvey  Williams,  Oct.  24, 1832. 

2.  Elizabeth  Amarintha,  Jan.  12,  1835;   married  William  J.  Ward, 

April  14,  1858;  tliey  live  in  Newark,  and  have  two  children — 
Willard  Henry,  bom  Feb.  11,  1859,  and  Anna  Louisa,  bom  May 
5, 1861. 

3.  Harriet  Maria,  Feb.  1,  1837;  died  May  16, 1838; 

4.  Ann  Louisa  K.,  June  15, 1839. 

5.  Israel,  Aug.  26,  1841;  died  March  31,  1842. 


Hervey  W.,  of  Israel,  married,  May  9,  1856,  Catharine  ethneg 
Storr,  and  has : 

1.  George  Washington,  bom  June  14, 1858. 

2.  Thomas  Snyder,  Oct.  1861. 


sw^^#^#^^^\r<~ 


David  2d,  of  David,  married,  Jan.  22,  1800,  Lydia  Ward,  4th  Deg. 
daughter  of  Samuel  L.  Ward,  and  had  (all  born  in  Orange) : 

1.  Joseph  Chandler,  bom  Nov.  23,  1800. 

2.  Eliza  Ward,  Nov.  24,  1803 ;  married  Zebina  Williams,  May  1,  1822. 

They  live  in  Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 

3.  IVUry  Ann,  bom  May  5, 1806 ;  married  Robert  A.  Chandler,  Dec.  19, 

1823,  and  died  Sept.  16, 1847,  in  Warren  Co.,  Ind. 

4.  Ellen  Margaret,  Nov.  27, 1808 ;  died  young. 

5.  Reuben  W.,  Aug.  5,  1812. 

6.  Margaret  AlmIra,  June  15,  1816;  died  Sept.  16,  1822. 

7.  JosiAH  Farrand,  bom  Feb.  19,  1818;   he  lives  in  Dodd  Town,  on 

the  place  where  his  great-grandfather,  John  Dod  1st,  originally 
lived.  We  think  he  is  the  youngest  of  the  sixth  generation, 
except  one,  Daniel  Dodd  of  Wisconsin,  grandson  of  Stephen  and 
Ruth. 


1 26  GREA  T-  GRAIWSON  DA  VID.  [P akt  I. 

5th  Deg.      Joseph  Chandlee,  of  David  2d,  married  Jane  Sajres,  and 
has : 

1.  George  Raymond;  belonged  to  the  New  Jersey  (three months)  Vols. 

of  1861. 

2,  Sarah  Elizabeth. 


5th  Deg.  Eeuben  W.,  of  David  2d,  married,  April  10,  1856,  Nancy 
Maria  Doty,  of  Scholiarie,  N,  Y.  She  was  born  June  9,  183i. 
They  had  one  child : 

1.  Lydia  Caroline,  born  July  16,  1858;  died  of  scarlet  fever,  Feb.  15, 
1860. 


sthDeg.  JosiAH  F.,  of  David  2d,  married,  Nov.  24,  1842,  Sarah 
Maria  "Ward.  She  was  born  Feb.  26, 1820,  and  died  suddenly 
May  15,  1851.  He  married,  secondly,  Aug.  16,  1852,  Elinor 
Carhuff.     The  first  wife's  children  were : 

1.  Matilda  W.,  bom  May  17,  1844. 

2.  IMary  ELiZA,_born  Feb.  21,  1846  ;  died  July  29,  1848. 

3.  Julia  Frances,  born  Dec.  18,  1848;  died  July  26,  1853. 

The  children  of  the  second  wife  were : 

4.  Sarah  Elinor,  bom  Feb.  19,  1854 ;  died  Feb.  18,  1855. 

5.  IMarietta,  bom  April  19,  1856. 

6.  Virginia  Watson,  born  Sept.  5, 1859. 


EBENEZER      DOD. 

Broken  Branch. 

EBENEZER  DOD,  the  second  son  of  Daniel  of  Branford,  is 
noticed  in  tlie  Newark  Town  Records,  Jan.  8,  1673-4,  when 
he  had  "granted  to  him  the  Seaman's  lot,  lying  over  the  way 
against  Thomas  Richards  ;"  and  on  the  19th  of  March  following, 
he  had  "  liberty  to  buy  Edward  Ball's  accommodation,  provided 
he  subscribe  to  the  fundamental  agreement,  as  the  other  inhabitants 
have  done."  Edward  Ball  had  just  bought,  in  partnership  with 
three  others,  half  the  large  tract  recently  purchased  by  the  town 
in  the  Neck,  between  the  Passaic  and  the  Hackensack,  and  wished 
to  sell  his  lands  in  Newark.  But  as  the  title  to  the  Neck  proved 
defective,  (involving  the  purchasers  in  loss  and  litigation,)  Ball 
and  his  partners  returned  the  next  year  to  Newark.  And  as  we 
afterwards  find  Edward  Ball  and  his  sons  still  occupying  their 
original  "  accommodation"  or  home  lot  in  Newark,  (between  Broad 
and  Washington  streets,  just  above  the  canal,)  it  follows  either 
that  the  sale  to  Ebenezer  Dod  was  not  completed,  or  that  Ball 
repurchased  it.  As  there  is  no  subsequent  mention  of  Ebenezer, 
he  probably  died  not  far  from  1674-5,  and  left  no  family,  at  least 
no  son.  It  is  possible,  but  not  probable,  that  he  removed  back  to 
New  England. 


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Descendants  of  Stephen   Dod, 

(of         GUILFORD,) 


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(  Second  sou  of  Sleplieu  Dod  of  (nulford,) 

WITH  HIS   SONS 

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STEPHEN  DOD,  OF  GUILFORD. 

STEPHEN  DOD,  the  tliird  son  of  Daniel  Ist,  settled  in  Guil- 
ford, Conn.,  where  also  his  two  eldest  sisters — Mary  Blachley 
and  Anna  Fowler — lived.  He  married  Mary  Stevens,  May  18, 1678. 
Among  the  first  settlers  of  Guilford,  (who,  it  is  said,  chiefly  came 
from  Kent,  in  England,  and  were  remarkable  for  good  husbandry,) 
we  find  the  names  of  John  and  Thomas  Stephens.  It  is  presumed 
one  of  these  was  the  father-in-law  of  Stephen  Dod.     Stephen  Dod 

had  two  sons : 

1.  DANIEL,  (of  Guilford.) 

2.  SAMUEL,  (of  Guilford.) 

The  male  line  of  Samuel  (who  remained  in  Guilford)  failed,  as 
we  shaU  see ;  but  the  descendants  of  Daniel  (who  removed  to  New 
Jersey,)  are  very  numerous.  Thus  it  happened  that,  though  one 
of  the  sons  of  Daniel  Dod  1st  remained  in  Connecticut,  all  his 
living  male  descendants  are  of  Jersey  descent. 

Stephen  Dod  died  in  October,  1691,  in  his  37th  year.  His  wife 
died  before  him,  as  we  learn  from  his  will,  preserved  in  the  New 
Haven  Probate  Records. 

The  last  Will  akd  Testament  op  Stephen  Dod,  of  Guilford,  in  tiee! 
County  of  New  Haven,  deceased  26  Oct.  1691. 

"  We  whose  names  are  imderwritten  do  testify  that  the  said  Stephen  Dod, 
being  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  did  make  his  will  and  testament  as 
foUoweth :  Imprimis— The  disposal  of  his  soul  aild  body  and  the  payment  of 


132  STEPEN  DOD,  OF  GUILFORD. 

his  just  debts  being  premised,  according  to  the  usual  course,  he  gave  the  one- 
half  of  all  his  land  and  meadow,  together  with  his  dwelling-house  and  the 
appurtenances  thereof,  to  his  oldest  son  Daniel.  Item — He  gave  the  other  half 
of  all  his  other  lands  and  meadow  to  his  younger  son  Samuel.  Item — He  gave 
all  his  moveable  estate  to  be  equally  divided  between  his  sons  Daniel  and 
Samuel,  except  only  that  as  a  legacy  he  gave  a  cow  tc  his  cousin  Mary 
Wheeler,  who  lived  with  him ;  as  also  he  gave  the  wedding  gown  of  his  late 
deceased  wife  unto  his  sister,  Anna  Fowler.  Item — For  the  fulfilling  and  true 
performance  of  this  his  will,  he  constituted  and  made  Deacon  William  John- 
son and  Lieut.  Stephen  Bradley  his  administrators." — New  Haven  Probate 
Records,  1  B.^fage  194. 

His  estate  was  appraised  Nov.  8,  1691,  at  £337.  In  the  2d 
Book  of  Deeds,  Town  Eecords  of  Guilford,  is  recorded  a  quit- 
claim deed  of  Daniel  Dod  of  Newark,  Essex  county,  New  Jersey, 
to  his  brother  Samuel  Dod  of  Guilford,  in  which  he  quits  his  claim 
to  all  right  and  title  in  the  lands  and  tenements  left  him  by  his 
father,  Stephen  Dod  of  Guilford,  dated  May  3, 1707.  Most  of  these 
lands  are  (or  were  in  1839)  in  the  hands  of  the  Burgis  family,  and 
other  descendants  of  Samuel  DoA 


Grandson  Daniel  of  Guilford. 


Grandson  Daniel,  ist  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford. 

DANIEL,  the  first  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford,  was  born 
about  1679,  married  at  about  23,  and  (says  Eev.  Stephen 
Dodd,)  removed  to  Newark  when  he  was  about  27.  We  think, 
however,  that  he  married  his  wife  in  Newark.  She  was,  as  we  be- 
lieve, Elizabeth  Riggs,  daughter  of  Joseph  Riggs,  and  sister  of 
Samuel  Riggs,  who,  in  his  will,  names  his  "  loving  brother-in-law, 
Daniel  Dod."  We  think  it  is  this  Daniel  Dod  who,  in  company 
with  Dr.  Jacob  Arent,  built  a  saw-mill  on  the  Rah  way  river,  near 
Jefferson  Village,  about  the  year  1718 ;  and  also  the  same  who  ap- 
pears as  a  land  surveyor  and  as  surveyor  of  the  highways  in  1721, 
and  at  other  dates.*    He  had  three  sons  : 

1.  Stephen,  (of  Mendham),  bom  April  4,  1703,  probably  at  Guilford ;  died 

about  1760. 
3.  John,  the  carpenter,  bom  May  14, 1711 ;  died  Aug.  10, 1768. 
3.  Timothy. 


*  The  compiler  has  a  memorandum  made  by  his  great-grandfather,  Thomas 
Ball,  (surveyor,)  apparently  extracted  from  the  Proprietary  Kecords  of  the 
Province,  of  surveys  made  about  1718,  by  Daniel  Dod.  One  of  the  land- 
marks was  a  saw-mill  built  by  Dr.  Jacob  Arent  and  Daniel  Dod.  Mathemati- 
cal and  mechanical  genius  seems  to  have  early  appeared  in  the  Dod  fanulyi 


GREAT-GRANDSON    STEPHEN, 

(of    mendham.) 
Section  XL 


naniel  1st. 
Ist  Deg.    Stephen  of  Guilford 
2d  Deg.     Daniel  of  Guilford. 


Descendants  of  Stephen  of  Mendham,  ist  son  of  Daniel 
of  Guilford  * 


3d  Deg.  O  TEPHEN,  first  son  of  Guilford  Daniel,  was  born  April  4, 
k^  1703  ;  removed  to  Mendham  not  far  from  the  year  1745, 
and  died  there  not  far  from  1760.  He  married  Deborah 
Brown,  and  had  five  sons  and  six  daughters.     The  sons  were : 

1.  Lebbeus,  bom  Feb.  15,  0.  S.,  1739;  died  Marcli  31,  1816,  aged  77. 

2.  Thaddeus,  born  Marcli  9,  O.  S.,  1740;  died  May  30,  1793,  aged  53. 

3.  Daniel,  died  Oct,  11, 1834,  aged  79. 

4.  Parmenas,  born  1748;  died  April  38, 1811,  aged  63. 

5.  UcAii. 

The  daughters  were : 

Elizabeth,  or  Betsey,  married  Ebenezer  Cook. 

Keziah,  who  married  Ephraim  Sanders.    A  son,  Cyrus  Sanders,  still 

survives,  (Feb.  I860,)  at  tlie  age  of  90. 
Deborah,  wlio  married  William  Brown,  f 


*  We  take  pleasui-e  in  acknowledging  our  obligations  to  J.  C.  Iloman, 
Esq.,  of  Mendham,  for  mucb  valuable  information  respecting  the  Mend- 
ham branch  of  the  family.  He  states  under  date  of  Sept.  24,  1801,  "I 
lately  conversed  with  a  granddaughter  of  Keziah  (who  maiTied  Ei)hraim 
Sanders).  She  told  me  that  she  had  twelve  children,  the  youngest  28 
years  old.  She  never  lost  one,  and  had  never  employed  a  doctor  for  any 
of  them.     Her  name  is  Mary  Cramer ;  she  is  blind." 

t  A  letter  of  Rev.  Thaddeus  Dod,  without  date,  but  evidently  written 
during  the  Indian  troubles  before  Wayne's  victory,  states  that  he  had 


Sec.  XI.]     GREA  T-  GRANBSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENBHAM.    1 35 

Abigail,  married  Obed  Wriglit. 

Sarah,     \     One  married  a  Minton,  the  other  Jeremy  Day.    This 

Hannah,  [family  of  Days  is  supposed  to  be  in  Knox  Co.,  Ohio. 

The  descendants  of  Stephen,  son  of  Daniel  of  Guilford,  are  very  nu- 
merous. Some  of  them,  especially  the  descendants  of  Lebbeus,  still  spell 
the  name  Dod.  For  the  sake  of  distinction,  we  shall  call  this  the  Mend- 
ham  Branch.  It  sub-divides  into  four  families,  descended  from  the  four 
elder  sons  of  Stephen  Dod  of  Mendham.  Ileal,  the  fifth,  had  only  a 
daughter. 


I.   Family  of  Lebbeus. 

LEBBEUS   DOD,   eldest  son  of  Stephen   of   Mendham,  4th Deg. 
married,  Jan.  5,  1764,  Mary  Baldwin,  who  was  born  July  9, 
O.  S.,  1744  ;  died  April  9,  1810,  aged  66.     She  was  daughter 
of  Caleb  Baldwin,  who  removed  from  Newark  to  Mendham 
about  1740  to  1750.     Their  children  were : 

1.  Hannah  Dod,  born  Oct.  16,  1764 ;  died  Jan.  30,  1798,  aged  33. 

She  married — 1.  Joel  Caiy ;  3.  William  Loveridge,  but  had  no 

children. 
3,  Eunice  Dod,  born  March  13,  1766 ;  died  Oct.  16,  1843,  aged  77. 

She  married  Daniel  Gary,  who  was  bom  Aj)ril  13,  1770,  and  died 

Dec.  33,  1840,  aged  70.     They  were  married  Jan.  13,  1793,  and 

had  five  children. 


heard  that  a  William  Brovra  had  been  killed  by  the  Indians,  "  but  can- 
not ascertain  whether  it  is  our  William  or  not."  In  one  of  Mr.  Homan's 
letters,  he  states  that  it  was  Hannah  wlio  married  a  Brown.  Perhaps  a 
confusion  of  memory.  Rev.  Th.  Dod,  in  the  letter  just  cited,  speaks  of 
his  sister  Hannah  as  li\'ing  in  Miami  settlement.  Probably  she  was  the 
one  that  married  Jeremy  Day. 


136     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDEAM.    [Part  H. 

3.  Phebe  Dod,  born  March  5,  1768 ;  died  Sept.  23, 1831,  aged  63.    She 

married  Silas  Ward,  Jan.  9,  1794,  and  had  a  large  family.* 

4.  Stephen  Dod,  born  March  7,  1770 ;  died  March  22, 1855,  aged  85. 

5.  Abner  Dod,  bom  March  20,  1772;  died  Sept.  29,  1847,  aged  75. 

6.  Rachel  Dod,  bom  Jan.  21, 1774 ;  married  Francis  Wood,  had  chil- 

dren, and  moved  out  West. 

7.  Mary  Dod,  bom  Dec.  30,  1775.    Went  to  Ohio  and  married 

Munn. 

8.  Daniel  Dod,  bom  Sei^t.  8,  1778;  died  May  9,  1823,  aged  45. 

9.  Abigail  Dod,  born  Jan.  19,  1783;  died  Nov.  25,  1809,  aged  27  ;  un- 

married. 
10.  Elizabeth  Dod,  born  April  16,  1785  ;  died  Nov.  23,  1803,  aged  18 ; 
unmarried. 


6th  Deg.  Stephen  Dod,  son  of  Lebbeus,  was  an  instrument  maker, 
silversmith,  clock  and  watch  maker,  and  later  in  life  a  sur- 
veyor and  conveyancer.  He  was  for  several  years  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  in  1844-5  was  Mayor  of  Newark.  He  married 
June  4,  1796,  Mehetabel  Gould,  (died  Oct.  6,  1857,  in  her  86th 
year,)  by  whom  he  had  eight  children,  to  wit : 

1.  Mart,  Aug.  9,  1797;  died  Sept.  8,  1822. 

3.  Lebbeus,  May  3, 1799;  died  Sept.  25,  1819. 

3.  John  Gould,  Nov.  1, 1800.  He  married  Elizabeth  Squier,  sister  of 
John  Squier  of  Livingston,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  that  lived  only 
about  four  months ;  and  the  mother  died  very  shortly  after  his 
birth,  1827.  He  secondly  married  Mary  Squier,  a  sister  of  his 
first  wife,  and  died  without  children,  Feb.  1854. 


*  The  children  of  Silas  and  Phebe  Ward  were  John  Dod  Ward  of 
Jersey  City,  Lebbeus  Baldwin  Ward  of  New  York,  and  his  twin  brother, 
Samuel  Shipman  Ward  of  Hartford,  and  several  daughters,  among  them 
also  a  pair  of  twins.  Silas  Ward  was  bom  October  19,  1767 ;  died  May 
12,  1802,  near  Elizabethtown,  where  he  lived  50  years;  of  his  nine  chil- 
dren eight  outlived  him. 


Sec.  XL]     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF ^lENDHAM.    137 

4.  Sarah  Ann,  Feb.  28,  1803;  married  Sept.  19,  1855,  William  llall  of 

Newark. 

5.  Chakles  Kobertson,  Sept.  35,  1806  ;  died  Dec.  23,  1807. 

6.  William,  Nov.  35,  1808.     (Rev.  and  Professor). 

7.  Stephen,  May  30,  1811 ;  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  died 

at  tlie  liouse  of  Jolm  Squier  in  Livingston,  N.  J.,  Sept.  10,  1845, 
aged  34. 

8.  J^Lehetabel  Gould,  May  13,  1814;  married  William  R.  Lnslee,  and 

died  Sept.  16,  1839. 

0 

Eev.  William,  of  Mayor  Stephen,  is  a  clergyman,  and  has  ethDeg. 
been  a  professor  in  western  colleges.     He  married  Elizabeth 
Jones.     They  have  had  nine  children,  of  whom  the  first  five 
were  born  in  Danville,  Ky.,  the  sixth  in  Cincinnati,  the  next 
two  in  Covington,  Ky.,  and  the  youngest  in  Wilmington,  Del. 

1,  George  Jones,  died  in  infancy,  born  April  9, 1837  ;  died  Jan.  4, 1838. 
3.  Albert  Gould,  born  April  4,  1839, 

3.  William  Lebbeus,  born  July  38, 1843. 

4.  Stephen,  died  in  infancy,  bom  April  14,  1841, 

5.  John  Maxwell,  born  May  8,  1845. 

6.  An-na  Maria,  died  in  infancy,  bom  Sept.  23, 1847  ;  died  Oct.  30, 1847. 

7.  George  Jones,  (2d)  bom  Sept.  3,  1849. 

8.  Archibald  Alexantjer. 

9.  Elizabeth,  bom  Oct.  1855. 

0 

Abner  DOD,  son  of  Lebbeus,  was  a  mathematical  instru-  sthceg. 
ment  maker,  and  lived  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Newark. 
He  married,  April  2i,  1802,   Hannah   Gould  of  Caldwell, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Gould,  and  second  cousin  to  his  brother 
Stephen's  wife.*     Their  children  (of  whom  the  first  was  born 


*  Joseph  Gould  was  a  brother  to  the  late  Gen.  William  Gould  of 
Caldwell. 

18 


138     GREAT-GRANDSON  8TEPUEN,  OF MENDHAM.     [Pakt  II. 

in  Caldwell,  and  the  other  four  in  Mendham,  Morris  county, 
N.  J.)  were : 

1.  Susan  Henkietta,  March  10,  1803 ;  married  George  P.  Martin  of 

Caldwell,  Jan.  22,  1840. 
3.  Horace  Lucius,  April  20,  1806  ;  died  April  13,  1833,  aged  30. 

3.  CiL\nLES,  Marcli38,  1808;  died  Feb.  3,  1838,  aged  30. 

4.  Jacob  Smith,  Nov.  17,  1811.     Lives  in  Newark. 

5.  Sarah  Catharine,  May  5, 1813;  married  Sylvester  B.  Miller,  Feb.  1, 

1887. 

Abncr  Dod,  after  tlic  death  of  his  first  wife  Hannah  Gould,  married 
Phebe  Squu-e,  (maiden  name  Bates,)  widow  of  Dr.  Ezra  Squire  of  Cald- 
well. After  her  death,  he  married  thirdly,  Aug.  1,  1839,  Abby  Squier, 
(maiden  name  Wade,)  widow  of  Samuel  Squier  of  Livingston.  She  still 
sm'vives.    He  had  no  issue  by  the  last  two  wives. 


cthDeg.  Jacob  S.  Dod,  of  Abner,  is  a  currier,  lives  in  Newark.  He 
married,  Oct.  18,  1838,  Ehoda  C.  Brown,  daughter  of  Col. 
Wm.  Brown  of  Lyon's  Farms.     Their  children  are  : 

1.  William  Brown,  July  14, 1839. 
3.  Phebe  Townley,  Oct.  10,  1841. 
3.  Albert  Baldwin,  April  19, 1849;  died  Nov,  16, 1856. 


5tixDeg.  Daniel  Dod,  son  of  Lebbeus,  was,  like  his  father,  a  man  of 
rare  mathematical  and  mechanical  genius.  The  sketch  of  his 
life  given  below  is  by  his  relative,  John  Dod  Ward  of  Jersey 
City.  lie  married,  1801,  TsTancy  Squire,  sister  of  Doctor  Ezra 
Squire  of  Caldwell,  and  had : 

1.  Ezra  Kitciiel,  bom  July,  1803;  lives  in  Cuba. 

3,  Albert  Baldwin,  March  24,  1805 ;  died  Nov,  30, 1845. 

3.  Lewis  Southard. 

4,  Caroline  Emma,  born  Nov.  38,  1809;  married  (1.)  James  English, 


Sec.  XL]    aREAT-CHlAmsON  STEPHEN,  OF MBNDllAM,    \m 

M.  D. ;  (2.)  Abraham  Siiydam*  of  New  Brunswick.    She  is  a 
widow,  lives  in  New  BrunsAvick,  and  has  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

5.  Susan  Bristed,  bom  1812;  married  David  Brown.     He  died  Dec. 

25,  1853.     His  widow  lives  in  Princeton,  N.  J. 

6.  Charles  Squire,  bom  May  5, 1814,  at  Elizabethtown,  N.  J. 

7.  William  Armstrong,  born  Jvme  29,  1816. 

8.  Mary  Baldwin,  married  Rev.  John  Minor,  July  29,  1845.    They  re- 

side in  Flatbush,  near  Glasco,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y. 
The  widow  of  Daniel  Dod  died  in  New  Brunswick,  in  1853. 

Daniel  Dod  was  bom  in  1778  hi  the  northern  part  of  Virginia";  his 
parents  were,  however,  natives  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  The  family 
retumed  to  New  Jersey  dming  his  early  youth,  and  fixed  their  residence 
in  Mendham,  Morris  Coimty,  where  Daniel  was  bred,  by  his  father,  to  the 
business  of  clock  and  watch  maker,  mathematical  instrument  maker  and 
land  surveyor ;  and  in  every  vocation  to  which  he  directed  his  attention 
acquu'ed  superior  skill. 

Besides  his  extensive  acquaiutauce  with  theoretical  and  practical  me- 
chanics, his  mathematical  acquirements  were  such,  that  when  Queen's 
(now  Rutgers)  College,  was  resuscitated,  it  was  proposed  to  offer  him  the 
mathematical  chau-. 

He  removed  to  Elizabethtown  in  1812,  when,  at  the  desire  of  Col. 
Aaron  Ogden,  he  commenced  and  carried  on,  for  several  years,  the  busi- 
ness of  building  steamboat  machineiy,  with  such  success,  that  boats  at 
Kingston  and  Sackett's  Harbor  on  Lake  Ontario — Philadelphia— Nor- 
folk, Virginia — Mobile,  Alal:)ama — and  New  Orleans,  were  furnished  with 


*  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Suydam  were  married  Sept.  19,  1836.  Mr.  S.  was 
murdered  by  Peter  Robinson,  Dec.  3,  1840.  Their  children  arc  Charles 
Henry,  born  July  23,  1837,  Carrie  Emma,  Jan.  1,  1839,  and  Abraham, 
Sept.  5,  1840.  Mrs.  Suydam's  first  marriage  was  Nov.  21,  1831,  and  her 
first  husband,  Dr.  English,  died  in  May,  1834.  Many  of  our  readers  will 
remember  the  horrible  tragedy  in  New  Brunswick,  in  Dec.  1840.  Mr. 
Suydam,  having  lent  money  to  Robinson,  was  induced  to  go  alone  to  the 
house  of  that  wretch,  jiroljably  by  promise  of  repayment ;  and  his  ])ody 
was  afterwards  foimd  concealed  under  the  floor. 


140     GREA  T-  GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDHAM.    [Part  II. 

steam  engines  of  his  construction  :  and  the  steamsliip  "  Savannah,"'  the 
first  vessel  which  ever  crossed  the  Atlantic  by  the  aid  of  steam,  was 
furnished  with  machinery  designed  and  princijially  constructed  by  him  at 
his  works ;  though  some  of  the  heaviest  wrought  iron  work  was  made 
at  Speedwell,  near  Morristown,  by  Stephen  Vail,  and  some  of  the 
heavier  iron  castings  were  made  in  New  York. 

He  was  killed  by  the  bursting  of  a  boiler,  on  board  the  steamboat 
"  Patent,"  in  the  East  Pdver,  in  May,  1823.  His  sou,  the  late  Rev. 
Albert  B.  Dod,  filled  the  mathematical  chair  in  Princeton  College,  dur- 
ing the  fifteen  years  preceding  his  death.  Another  son,  Rev.  Charles  S. 
Dod,  was,  in  1854,  apjjointed  President  of  a  college  in  West  Tennessee. 


cth  Deg.  Ezra  K.  Dod,  of  Daniel,  is  a  civil  engineer,  and  resides  in 
Cuba.  He  married  Feb.  19,  1828,  Ann  Hill,  of  New  York, 
and  has : 

1.  Daniel  Squire,  Sept.  28,  1829. 

2.  James  Hill,  July  24,  1831. 

3.  Elllnor  Ryerson,  July  11,  1833. 

4.  Theodore,  April  8,  1835. 

5.  JoHK  Bellinger,  July  4,  1837  ;  a  physician. 

6.  Susannah,  March  10,  1839. 

7.  Ezra,  born  Dec.  7,  1842  ;  died  at  two  weeks  old. 

The  children  all  reside  on  the  Amistad  estate  (Guines,  Cuba,)  or  in  its 
neighborhood,  and  were  all  unmarried  in  Dec.  18G0. 


Cth  Deg.  Kev.  Albert  Baldwin  Dod,  D.  D,,  son  of  Daniel,  was 
born  in  Mendbam,  N.  J.,  Marcb  2-1,  1805.  Albert  was  like 
his  father,  not  only  in  his  mathematical  tastes,  but  in  the 
versatility  of  his  genius,  and  his  quickness  in  mastering  a 
difficult  subject,  amounting  almost  to  intuition.  From  tlie 
time  he  knew  how  to  read,  he  evinced  a  great  fondness  for 


Sec.  XI.]     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDMAM.    141 

books  ;•  and  his  brothers  would  often  tell  him  that  he  ought  to 
have  been  a  girl,  as  he  cared  for  nothing  but  to  stay  in  the 
house  and  read.  He  was  very  affectionate  in  his  spirit,  and 
gentle  in  his  manners,  and  always  the  favorite  of  the  younger 
children.  When  his  parents  removed  to  Elizabethtown,  he 
was  seven  years  old ;  and  from  that  time  was  kept  constantly 
at  school.  He  fitted  for  College  at  a  classical  school  in  the 
town,  taught  by  a  Mr.  Smith.  When  he  was  fourteen,  his 
teacher  told  his  parents  that  it  was  useless  for  him  to  attend 
his  school  any  longer,  as  he  was  in  advance  of  his  school- 
fellows, and  was  prepared  to  enter  the  Sophomore  class  at 
Princeton.  His  parents,  thinking  that  he  was  too  young  to 
commence  a  collegiate  course,  concluded  to  send  him  to 
Dr.  Armstrong,  who  had  resigned  his  pastoral  charge,  and 
was  then  teaching  a  classical  school  in  the  neighboring  town 
of  Bloomfield.  He  remained  there,  however,  but  one  term, 
and  spent  the  winter  of  that  year  at  home — reading,  and 
teaching  the  younger  children  of  the  family. 

In  the  spring  of  1821,  being  then  fifteen  years  of  age,  he 
entered  the  Sophomore  class  in  Princeton  College,  half  ad- 
vanced. He  became  hopefully  pious  the  first  year  he  was  in 
College,  and  joined  the  Church  in  Princeton.  He  graduated 
in  the  autumn  of  1822,  being  seventeen  and  a  half  years  old. 

The  Hon.  Samuel  Southard  and  Mr.  Dod's  father  had,  from 
early  life,  been  intimate  friends.  Mr.  Southard,  who  was  then 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  attended  the  Commencement  exercises 
the  year  that  Albert  graduated,  and  immediately  wrote  to  his 
father,  congratulating  him  that  he  had  a  son  of  so  touch 
promise,  and  offering  to  advance  him  in  the  Navy,  if  he 
would  consent  to  enter  it.     But  the  son  had  already  chosen 


142    OREAT-QBAmSOl^  STEPHEN,  OF MENDBAU.    [Part  11. 

the  ministry  as  his  profession,  and  he  wished  to  be  engaged  in 
teaching  until  he  should  be  of  suitable  age  to  enter  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  When  this  was  communicated  to  Mr. 
Southard,  he  immediately  wrote  back  that  application  had 
just  been  made  to  him  for  a  teacher,  by  a  gentleman  of  his 
acquaintance  near  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  and  recommended  that 
the  son  of  his  friend  should  accept  the  place.  He  did  so,  and 
went  the  same  fall  in  which  he  was  graduated,  and  remained 
there,  in  circumstances  very  agreeable  to  him,  between  three 
and  four  years. 

On  his  return  from  Virginia,  he  remained  at  home  a  few 
months,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1826,  became  a  member  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  The  next  year,  he  ac- 
cepted the  Tutorship  in  Princeton  College,  still  continuing  his 
theological  studies,  as  he  had  opportunity.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach,  in  the  spring  of  1828,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York;  but  retained  his  office  as  Tutor  till  1829.  In  1830,  he 
was  appointed  to  the  Mathematical  Professorship  in  the  Col- 
lege,— a  place  that  was  eminently  congenial  with  his  tastes 
and  habits.  This  appointment  he  accepted,  and  discharged 
the  duties  of  the  office  with  signal  ability  and  fidelity.  Here 
he  continued  till  his  death,  which  took  place  November  20j 
1845.  He  died  of  pleurisy,  after  an  illness  of  a  week, 
having,  during  the  whole  time,  maintained  the  utmost  serenity 
of  spirit.     (For  various  Obituary  Notices,  see  Appendix.) 

Professor  Dod  Was  invited  to  take  charge  of  several  different 
congregations ;  but  uniformly  declined  from  a  conviction  that 
his  usefulness  could  not  be  promoted  by  leaving  the  College. 
He,  however,  preached  a  great  deal ;  and  his  labors  were  fre- 
quently put  in  requisition  to  supply  destitute  pulpits  in  both 


Sec.  XL]     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDEAM.     143 

New  York  and  Philaclelpliia.  He  publislied  nothing  except 
a  few  articles  in  the  Biblical  Repertory.  One  of  those  articles 
on  Transcendentalism,  was  printed  in  a  separate  pamphlet, 
and  attracted  great  attention. 

The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  the  University  of  North  Carolina  in  1844,  and  by  the 
University  of  New  York,  in  1845. 

He  was  married,  April  12,  1830,  to  Caroline  S.,  daughter  of 
the  late  Hon.  Samuel  Bayard,  of  Princeton.     They  had  eight 
children,  seven  of  whom  survived  him : 
1.  Martha  Bayakd  Dod,   born  May  15,   1831;   married  Edwin  A. 

Stevens  of  Hoboken,  August  23,  1854. 
3.  Carolene  Bayard  Dod,  born  Dec.  3,  1833 ;  man-ied  Ricliard  Stock- 
ton of  Princeton,  April  33,  1850;  died  Marcli  33,  1859. 

3.  Albert  Baldwin  Dod,  born  Oct.  4,  1835  ;  married  Elizabeth  A.  Mc- 

lutosli  of  Trenton,  June  16,  1858.     Has  a  daughter  Elizabetli  McI. 
Is  now  assistant  ciyil  engineer  on  the  Camden  and  Amboy  R.  R. 

4.  Julia  Washington  Dod,  bom  Nov.  35,  183G ;  died  Sept.  30, 1837. 

5.  Samuel  Bayard  Dod,  born  Dec.  3,  1837 ;  married  J.  W.  Green,  Oct. 

33,  1863  ;  is  a  clergyman. 

6.  Susan  Brown  Dod,  bom  Jan.  5, 1840 ;  married,  Oct.  4, 1860,  Richard 

Stockton.  « 

7.  Charles  Hodge  Dod,  bom  June  13,  1841. 

8.  Mary  Dod,  born  Jan.  39,  1843. 


Lewis  S.,  of  Daniel,  is  a  brass-founder;  does  business  in  ethDeg. 
New  York  city ;  and  resides  on  Staten  Island.     He  married 
Esther  Hubbard,  and  has  : 

1.  Caroline  Emma,  married  Daniel  Buttz,  of  New  York  city. 
3.  William, 


Eev.  Charles  S.  Dod,  of  Daniel,  is  President  of  Jackson  cthDeg. 


144     GltEAT-ORANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDUAM.    [Paut  II. 

College,  at  Columbia,  West  Tennessee.     He  married,  April  11, 
1888,  Jane  Evelyn  Harrison,*  and  has : 

1.  Chakles  Squiek,  (Jr.)  born  at  Darien,  Geo.,  May  3,  1840. 

2.  Claka  Evelyn,  born  at  Darien,  Geo.,  Nov.  23,  1843. 

3.  Albert  Frazer,  born  at  Augusta,  Geo.,  Jiuie  8,  1845. 

4.  Emma  Louisa,  born  at  Holly  Springs,  ]\0ss.,  June  25,  1850. 

5.  Eliz.ubetu  Collier,  born  at  Jackson,  Teun.,  Feb.  26,  1855. 


cthDeg.  Rev.  William  Armsteong  Dod,  D.  D.,  son  of  Daniel, 
born  June  29,  1816,  graduated  at  Princeton,  was  several  years 
a  minister  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In  1859,  he  took 
orders  in  the  Episcopalian  Church,  and  is  now  Rector  of  a 
church  of  that  denomination  in  Princeton,  (Trinity  Church.) 
He  married  Catharine  E.  Stockton,  Oct.  1850,  and  has ; 

1.  Harriet  ]\Lvria. 

2.  Catharine  Elizabeth. 

3.  Robert  Stockton. 

4.  James  Potter. 

5.  Mary. 

G.  Julia  Stockton,  died  Marcli  12, 1863,  aged  18  months. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  LEBBEUS  DOD, 

and  his  son  DANIEL  AND  GRANDSON  EZRA  K.  DOD  OF  CUBA. 

We  make  tlic  following  extracts  from  a  long  and  interesting  letter, 
dated  Dec.  8,  1860,  received  from  Jolm  B.  Dod,  M.D.,  of  Guines,  Cuba, 
■which  we  regret  we  cannot  find  room  to  insert  in  full : 

"  Lebbeus  Dod,  my  great-grandfather,  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  and 


*  Bom  in  Mcintosh  Co.,  Geo.,  July  25,   1814,  daughter  of  Col.  Jesse 
Horace  Harrison  and  Mary  Martha  Pelot. 


Sec,  XI.]     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF 3IENDIIAM.    145 

married  Mary  Baldwin.  He  removed  to  Western  Virginia,  Init  on  ac- 
count of  Indian  troubles,  returned  just  before  the  revolution,  and  settled 
in  Mendham,  Morris  Co.,  N.  J.  He  was  attached  to  the  revolutionary 
army  during  the  whole  war,  with  the  rank  of  Captain  of  Artillery.  He 
distinguished  himself  at  the  skirmishes  of  Springfield  and  Elizabeth- 
port,  but  was  otherwise  in  little  active  service,  being  detached  by 
Washington  to  form  an  armory  for  the  repair  and  manufacture  of  mus- 
kets, for  which  his  mechanical  talent  particularly  adapted  him.  For 
this  purjjose,  he  erected  a  building  at  his  own  residence,  which  was  still 
standing  in  1814.  He  was  constantly  exposed  to  the  attempts  of  the 
British  to  capture  him,  and  was  compelled  to  remove  his  works  to  a 
secluded  portion  of  his  own  land.  On  one  occasion,  he  was  sui-prised 
by  the  enemy,  who  had  received  information  of  his  movements,  and 
was  only  saved  by  the  self-possession  and  presence  of  mind  of  his  wife. 
While  they  were  probing  the  hay  in  the  barn,  under  which  he  was 
concealed,  with  their  bayonets,  she  placed  her  wheel  at  a  window,  where 
she  could  watch  them,  and  began  to  spin  and  sing  a  hymn  with  the 
greatest  composure.  Her  conduct  convinced  them  that  her  husband 
had  had  time  to  escape,  and  they  withdrew  without  firing  the  barn, 
which  they  were  on  the  j)oint  of  doing.  Having  served  during  the 
war,  and  when,  in  his  own  words,  '  a  month's  j)ay  would  only  buy  him 
a  pair  of  boots,'  he  at  its  close  devoted  himself  to  the  cultivation  of 
his  farm,  to  surveying  and  the  manufiicture  of  mathematical  instru- 
ments, and  among  other  things  he  invented  the  '  parallel  rule  protractor.' 
He  had  a  claim  against  the  State  of  Virginia,  for  which  his  son  Daniel 
visited  the  State,  but  having  met  Madison,  he  was  told  by  him  that  he 
had  a  similar  claim,  and  never  expected  it  would  be  paid." 

The  three  sons  of  Lebbeus  Dod  "established  a  manufactory  of  cotton 
machinery,  and  had  just  succeeded  in  firmly  establishing  their  business, 
and  making  many  improvements  in  that  kind  of  machinery,  when  the 
depression  in  domestic  manufactures,  in  consequence  of  the  immense 
importations  at  the  close  of  the  war  of  1813,  caused  a  total  loss  of  the 
whole  concern." 

"Daniel  Dod,  in  1812,  removed  from  Mendham  to  Elizabethtown,  to 
establish,  with  ex-Governor  Aaron  Ogden,  the  manufacture  of  steam 
machinery.  Gov.  Ogden,  while  on  a  visit  to  Schooley's  Mountain,  was 
induced  by  Judge  Ford  of  Morristown  to  visit  the  Docls'  works  at 
Mendham.  He  was  so  much  pleased  with  the  ingenuity  there  displayed 
that  he  asked  Daniel,  in  his  abrupt  way,  if  he  could  make  a  steam 
engine.  Daniel  replied  that  he  never  had  made  one,  but  thought  that 
he  could,  and  agreed  to  attempt  it.  [Steam  engines  were  by  no  means 
so  common  then  as  now.]  He  did  so,  and  constructed  a  working 
model  of  a  steamboat  steam  engine,  in  every  essential  point  identical 
witli  those  of  the  present  day.  When  finished,  Ogden  was  called  to 
witness  the  trial.  Of  that  trial,  my  father  was  the  only  living  witness, 
and  remembers  distinctly  the  whole  scene,  and  the  delight  of  Colonel 
Ogden  at  the  success  of  the  undertaking. 

"  He  immediately  proposed  a  i)artnersliip  for  the  manufacture  of  steam 
19 


146     GREA  T-  GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDRAM.    [Part  II. 

machinciT,  and  sliops  wei-e  erected  at  Elizabetlito-\vn.  The  tarst  en<i-iiio 
Avas  for  the  steamboat  Sea  Horse,  to  run  on  Ogden  s  ferry,  between  ElLza- 
bethport  and  New  York.  On  running  to  New  York  she  was  libeled  by 
the  Fulton  monopoly,  and  was  afterward  run  to  Jersey  City  to  avoid 
further  collision.  At  the  next  session  of  tlie  New  Jersey  Legislature,  a 
bill  was  i^assed  granting  to  Daniel  Dod  the  exclusive  right  to  steam 
navigation  in  Jersey  waters  for  five  years,  to  enable  them  to  oppose  the 
New  York  monopoly,  and  in  viilue  of  his  ovm  inventions,  and  as  repre- 
sentative of  the  rights  of  John  Fitch,  from  whose  heirs  he  had  purchased 
all  right  to  the  first  practicable  steamljoat  ever  made.  Under  this  bill 
they  seized  the  New  York  boat  Raritan  at  New  Brunswick.  In  the  next 
year  the  case  was  argued  under  the  New  Jersey  grant  at  Trenton,  Emmet 
and  S.  L.  Southard  appearing  as  counsel  on  opposite  sides.  The  bill  was 
decided  as  unconstitutional  by  the  Court  of  Errors — thus  leaving  the  Ful- 
ton monopoly  free  and  untrammeled.  In  consequence,  Dod  and  Ogden 
were  compelled  to  test  the  New  York  bill  in  their  own  Courts,  to  obtain 
equal  justice  against  their  opponents.  Wearied  and  harrassed  by  the 
influence  brought  to  bear  against  them,  they  at  length  accepted  the 
former  proposal  of  Livingston  and  Fulton,  of  being  allowed  to  run  their 
boats  on  the  payment  of  a  nominal  sum,  on  condition  that  they  should 
^-ithdraw  their  suit  in  New  York.  The  sum  of  one  dollar  was  jjaid  over 
to  Livingston  and  Fulton  and  the  suit  -n-ithdrawn. 

"  Wlien  the  firm  was  first  formed — Dod  ha^-ing  no  capital,  and  Ogden 
not  a  great  deal — they  proposed  to  Thomas  Gil:)bon,  a  very  wealthy 
Georgian,  resident  in  Elizabethtown,  to  join  them,  taking  a  third  inter- 
est ;  but  he  declined,  on  the  plea  of  not  wishing  to  risk  his  money  in 
uncertain  speculations.  The  great  success  of  the  Sea  Horse  duiing  her 
first  season,  and  the  profits  of  the  works,  caused  him  to  change  his  mind  ; 
but  his  offer  was  then  declined,  as  they  had  succeeded  without  his  assist- 
ance, and  no  longer  required  it.  This  refusal,  together  A\-ith  subsequent 
political  disagreements,  caused  him  to  register  an  oath,  that  he  would 
ruin  both.  To  accomplish  his  purpose  he  established  an  opposition  line 
of  boats,  taking  passengers  free  of  cost.  The  '•  Bellona "'  was  one  of  his 
boats,  and  in  her  or  her  consort,  the  present  "  Commodore  "  Vanderi:)ilt 
began  his  steamboat  career.  Before  the  opposition  had  tiiirly  begun, 
Dod  and  Ogden  had  dissolved  partnership,  the  former  retaining  the 
works,  and  the  latter  the  steamboats  and  feriy.  Having  full  confidence 
in  the  honesty  of  Col.  Ogden,  no  haste  was  made  in  drawing  up  the  title 
to  the  land  on  which  the  works  Avere  situated,  which  formed  part  of  the 
hitter's  farm.  In  consequence  of  their  separation,  the  efi"ects  of  the  oj)- 
position  were  not  directly  felt  by  Dod,  and  having  no  idea  of  the  manner 
in  which  Ogden  was  involved,  he  endorsed  notes  and  lent  him  money  to 
a  large  amount.  On  the  tailure  of  the  latter,  the  works  were  seized 
under  a  mortgage  by  the  Phcenix  Bank  of  New  York ;  and  his  other 
losses  through  Ogden,  as  well  as  those  on  the  "  Savannah,"  and  on  the 
fii-st  steamer  for  the  Alabama  river,  which  was  lost  by  the  ftiihu-e  of  a 
cotton  firm  in  New  York,  compelled  him  to  pass  over  all  his  property  to 
his  creditors,  though  in  the  midst  of  a  very  profitable  business,  and 
assessed  at  $90,000  and  over.     This  occurred  at  the  close  of  1819.     His 


Sec.  XI.]     GRJ^AT'GRANDSOif  SfllPBEIf,  OP MmmiAM.    U1 

creditors,  pleased  with  his  honesty  in  passing  over  all  his  property  to 
them,  which  was  lost  through  no  fault  of  his,  agreed  to  sell  him  all  his 
tools,  &c.,  at  the  nominal  sum  of  $1,000,  and  friends  m  New  York  raised 
this  sum  and  enabled  him  to  begin  anew  in  New  York,  where  he  removed 
in  1820 ;  but  was  constantly  trammeled  by  the  want  of  capital.  .  In  1831 
he  was  called  to  examine  the  engme  of  the  steamer  "  Patent,"  of  Noah 
Brown  and  Seward,  whose  engine  would  not  go.  He  found  the  defect 
to  consist  in  the  leakage  of  the  boiler;  and  sent  five  men  with  in. 
stmctious  how  to  remedy  the  defect  as  far  as  possible.  Wlien  ready 
the  boat  was  started  and  crossed  the  river  to  Williamsburg,  where, 
stopping  for  want  of  steam,  it  was  attempted  to  raise  enough  to 
carry  her  back ;  but  while  my  grandfather  was  watching  the  boiler  a 
ilae  collapsed,  and  so  injured  himself  and  four  of  his  men  that  they 
soon  died.  It  was  told  my  father  by  one  on  the  boat  that  he  had  seen 
steam  issue  from  the  safety  valve  long  before  the  accident,  but  that  one 
deeply  interested  in  the  boat  had  kej^t  his  foot  on  the  bar  of  the  valve. 
We  claim  for  Daniel  Dod  the  honor  of  having  originated  Steam  Naviga- 
tion, in  which  he  had  such  faith  that  he  often  predicted  that  vessels 
would  leave  each  side  of  the  Atlantic  with  the  regularity  of  ferry  l)oats." 

Ezra  K.  Dod  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father.  His  talent  for 
engineering  began  to  show  itself  at  an  early  age.  In  1831,  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  celebrated  Dr.  Nott,  hi  the  Novelty  Works,  and  sui^er- 
intended  the  building  of  the  steamboat  Novelty,  in  her  day  the  fastest 
boat  on  the  Hudson  River.  In  1833,  he  established  a  shop  of  his  own, 
and  there  built,  from  plans  by  Mr.  Robert  L.  Stevens,  the  first  locomotive 
which  carried  passengers  on  the  Camden  and  Amboy  Railroad.  In  1835, 
he  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  Railroads  about  to  be  constructed 
Ijy  the  government  of  Russia,  but  declined  on  account  of  the  climate. 
In  1837,  the  state  of  his  health  induced  him  to  accept  an  offer  from  the 
government  of  Cuba,  in  hope  of  being  Ijenefitted  by  the  climate.  He 
served  seven  years  as  "  Administrator "  of  the  lucaro  Railroad,  and 
brought  the  road  to  a  high  degree  of  prosperity.  The  Comjoany  desired 
to  re-engage  him,  but  the  government  forbade  it,  considering  it  danger- 
ous for  an  American  to  hold  an  office  that  gave  him  so  much  power  and 
influence. 

In  1849,  he  invented  a  Vacuum  pan  for  cooking  sugar,  acknowledged 
to  be  the  best  ever  invented,  and  occupied  himself  with  its  introduction. 
But  six  years  ago,  having  brought  out  a  very  large  amount  of  machinery, 
the  planters  having  had  bad  crops,  and  lost  many  negroes  by  the  cholera, 
very  generally  failed  to  pay  him,  whereby  he  lost  $70,000. 

In  1855,  he  was  induced  to  take  the  general  superintendence  of  the 
Amistad  plantation,  in  which  he  has  sviccessfully  introduced  imi:)roved 
methods  of  cultivation. 

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the  representatives  of  Fulton  on  the  other,  was  a  matter  of  great  interest 
and  importance  in  its  day.  The  most  eminent  lawyers  of  the  day  were 
engaged  in  it.  Those  who  wish  to  know  more  concerning  it,  can  consult 
a  volume  of  pamphlets  presented  to  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society 
by  .John  D.  Ward.] 


i48    OnEAT-GUANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDHA^L    [f  art  11. 

II.   Family  of  Thaddeus. 

4th  Deg.  EEV.  THADDEUS  DOD,  son  of  Stephen  of  Mendham,  born 
near  Newark,  Marcli  9,  0.  S.  1740;  graduated  at  Princeton 
College  in  1773  ;  and  settled  in  the  ministry  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  at  Ten  Mile,  or  Amity,  Washington  County,  Pa., 
where  he  died  May  20,  1793,  aged  53.  He  married,  about 
1773,  Phebe  Baldwin,  a  sister  of  his  brother  Lebbeus'  wife. 
She  died  Nov.  3,  1829,  aged  82.  They  had  six  children,  all 
now  deceased : 

1.  Sarah,  bom  at  Newark,  K  J.,  Marcli  20,  1774.      She  married  David 

Morris,  M.D.,  in  tlie  year  1791,  and  died  Dec.,  1833,  aged  49. 

2.  Cephas,  bom  at  Mendham,  N.  J.,  Aug.  18,  1776  ;  died  about  1778. 

3.  Cephas  2d,  bom  (as  were  all  the  yomiger  children)  at  Ten  Mile,  Pa., 

Tuesday,  Oct.  12,  1779 ;  died  Jan.  16,  1858,  aged  78. 

4.  Hannah,   bom  Jan.  3,  1782;    married  Jonas  Condit;    is  deceased. 

Mr.  Condit  had  three  or  four  children  by  a  former  wife,  and  six 
by  Hannah. 

5.  Mary,  bom  March  14,  1784 ;   married  Joseph  Riggs ;    died  April  5, 

1818,  aged  34.     (Her  grave  is  at  Amity.)     It  is  said  her  children 
died  yoimg. 

6.  Stephen  Baldwin  Dod,  bom  Nov.  2,  1787.      He  died  at  Martins- 

burg,  Knox  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  7,  1831,  aged  44. 


Note. — One  circumstance  in  the  life  of  Rev.  Thaddeus  Dod,  son  of 
Stei)hen  of  Mendham,  is  omitted  in  every  account  I  liave  read  of  him, 
which  is  that  lie  was  for  some  time  either  Professor  of  Mathematics  or 
Mathematical  Tutor  in  Queen's  (now  Rutgers)  College  in  New  Bruns- 
wick. This  I  have  from  my  mother,  who  was  named  Pliel)e,  after  lier 
aunt,  the  wife  of  Thaddeus,  and  resided  with  them  in  her  early  youtli ; 
and  it  was  during  her  residence  with  them  that  he  taught  in  the  Col- 
lege. In  this  I  think  I  cannot  lie  mistaken,  as  my  mother  used  frequent- 
ly to  speak  of  her  residence  with  her  aunt  in  New  Brunswick,  and  of 
her  uncle's  employment  while  there.  J.  D.  Ward. 


Sec.  XI.]     onMT-GHAmSOn  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDSAM.    140 

(The  widow  of  Rev.  Thaddcus  Dod  married Foster,  l)ut  had 

no  issue  by  him.) 

Tlie  descendants  of  Rev.  Thaddeus  Dod  say  he  was  the  second  Pres- 
byterian minister  west  of  the  Alleghanies. 
0 

Rev.  Cephas  Dodd,  son  of  Rev.  Tbaddens,  was  a  physician,  stuDeg. 
and  also  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  at  Amity,  Washington  Co., 
Pa.    lie  married  Ruth  Flenniken,  who  died  about  May,  1829, 
and  had : 

1.  Jane,  born  July  9,  1806 ;  married,  1836,  Dr.  Simon  Strauss. 

2.  Sarah,  born  Feb.  13,  1808 ;  married,  1833,  Jolm  McFarlaud.      She 

died  Jan.,  1840.  Sarah  left  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  viz  :  Wm, 
S.  McFarland,  in  Missouri ;  Cephas  Dod  McFarland,  lawyer  in 
Baltimore ;  and  Ruth,  married  to  Daniel  Freeman  Dodd,  as  will 
be  presently  mentioned. 

3.  Thaddeus,  March  33,  1810. 

4.  Cornelia,  March  13,  1813 ;   married,  in  1834,  Lemuel  Luellen,  and 

secondly,  in  1854,  John  Millikin. 

5.  Eliza,  May  11,  1814 ;  married,  March,  1836,  William  Luellen,  brother 

of  Lemuel. 

6.  Hannah,  July  34,  181G;  married,  Oct.,  1840,  Allan  McClinnathan. 

7.  James,  Dec.  14,  1818. 

8.  Cephas,  Nov.  39,  1830;  died  May  39,  1859. 

9.  Eli  AS  Flenniken,  Dec.  1,  1833. 


t)R.  Thaddeus  Dodd,  son  of  CephaSj  is  a  physician.     He  cthncg. 
married  Mary  Stockdale,  April  2-1,  1839,  and  has  had  eleven 
children  ; 

1.  Hannah,  died  in  childhood,  about  1847; 

2.  CePhasi 

3.  William. 


1.50     GREAT-ORAmSON  STEPUEN,  OF MENDUAM.     [Part  It. 

4.  Sarah. 

5,  Agnes,  died  young. 
G.  Norton. 

7.  Thomas,  died  young,  in  1845. 

8.  EUTH.     i 

9.  Alice. 

10.  James. 

11.  Mary. 


cthDog.      James,  of  Rev.  Cephas,  is  a  farmer  in  Wasliington  Co.,  Pa. 
He  married,  April  9,  1840,  Lucinda  Buckingbam,  and  has : 

1.  John  B. 

2.  Ruth. 

3.  Cephas. 

4.  James. 


6th  Deg.      Dr.  Cephas  2d,   of  Eev.   Cephas,   was  a  physician.      He 
married,  Oct.  13,  1853,  Mary  McNay,  and  died  May  29,  1859, 
aged  39.     lie  left  one  daughter : 
1.  Annie  Mary. 


6th  Deg.  Dr.  Elias  F.,  of  Rev.  Cephas,  graduated  at  Washington 
College,  Pa.,  in  1848.  He  is  a  physician  in  Van  Buren, 
Washington  Co.,  Pa.  He  married.  May  12,  1853,  Margaret 
Bradford,  daughter  of  Eli  Bradford,  from  the  State  of  Dela- 
ware,* and  has : 

1.  Cephas  T. 

2.  Samuel  Bradford. 

3.  LiLLiE  Jane. 

4.  Elias  Flenniken. 


*  Tlie  parents  of  Eli  Bradford   were   Al)ner  Bradford   and   Rachel 
Baldwin. 


Sec.  XL]     GliEAT-GRANDSON  STEPUEN,  OF MENDUAM.     151 

Stephen  B.,  of  Rev.  Thaddeus,  learned  the  clock  and  sthDeg. 
watch  maker's  and  silversmith's  trade  in  the  State  of  New- 
Jersey,  and  married  there.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Wash- 
ington Co.,  Pa.,  studied  medicine,  and  finally  settled  in  Knox 
Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  died,  and  where  most  of  his  descendants 
still  reside.  His  family  record,  as  furnished  by  his  son,  Dr- 
Stephen  B.  Dodd,  of  Martinsbnrg,  Knox  Co.,  Ohio,  is  as  fol- 
lows: Stephen  B.  Dodd,  bom  Nov.  2,  1787;  died  Sept.  7, 
1831,  aged  U ;  married,  April  28,  1811,  Mahala  Nowland, 
who  was  born  Oct.  2,  17S9,  and  died  July  24,  1834,  aged 
nearly  45.     Their  children  were : 

1.  Th.vddeus  B.,  bom  Jau.  13,  1812;    died  of  cousiimi)tion,  Marcli  24, 

1857,  aged  45. 
3.  Alfred  S.,  Aug.  27,  1813;  died,  also  of  consumption,  Feb.  11,  1841, 

aged  28. 

3.  Mary  Ann  C,  Feb.  28,  181G;  married  Feb.  18,  1830,  to  Robert  S. 

Cuuniugliam. 

4.  Saxly   M.,    April  1,   1818;   married   April   26,   1841,   to   James  P. 

Moore. 

5.  Stephen  B.,  June  10,  1820. 
G.  Cephas,  Aug.  17,  1823. 

7.  Phebe  Anke,  Xov.  18,  1829;  died  Marcli  20,  1831. 

o 

Th.addeus  B.,  of  Stephen  B.,  was  a  farmer.      He  married,  cihDeg, 
Dec.  27,  1836,  Nancy  Moore  and  had ; 
1.  Reuel,  Dec.  3,  1837, 
3.  John  Milton,  Oct.  3,  1839, 

3.  Clarissa,  May  20,  1842. 

4.  Levi  Nowland,  Oct.  11,  1843. 

5.  Amzi,  Dec.  4,  1845. 

6.  Henry  Heryey,  July  G,  1848;  died  June  11,  1853. 


152     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDHAM.    [Part  II. 

7.  Marian,  July  19,  1850. 

8.  David  Westley,  Jan.  10,  1852. 


etbDeg.  Alfred  S.,  of  Stephen  B.,  was  a  tanner.  He  married, 
Jan.  7,  1838,  Hester  McCollura,  who  died  Feb.  16,  1837.  He 
married,  secondly,  Sept.  10,  18J:0,  Mary  Ann  Hart ;  but  had 
no  children  by  either  marriage. 

0 

6th  Deg.  Stephen  B.  2d,  of  Stephen  B.,  is  a  physician.  He  married, 
Se23t.  1,  1841,  Sarah  Ann  Sinkey,  and  has : 

1.  Abraham  N.,  March  1,  1843. 

2.  Stephen  B.,  July  8,  1847. 

3.  Alfred  M.,  March  29,  1851. 

4.  James  F.,  (date  of  bhth  omitted  by  some  oversight.) 

o 

GthDeg.  Cephas,  of  Stephen  B.,  married  Lydia  Fisher,  Dec.  27, 
1857.  He  is  a  cabinet  joiner ;  lives  in  Illinois.  His  children 
were: 


1.  )  (  Dec.  IG,  1856.     One  died  at  three  and  one  at  ten  days  old. 
\  Twins.  \ 

2.  )  (  (We  are  not  informed  as  to  the  sex  of  either.) 

3.  John  Fisher  Dodd,  ])orn  Jan.  1,  18C0. 

4.  A  boy,  May  26,   1863;  (unnamed  at  the  date  of  Dr.   S.  B.  Dodd's 

letter,  June  9,  1863.) 


III.    Family  of  Daniel. 

4th Dog.  DANIEL,  of  Stephen  of  Mendham,  married  Charity  Free- 
man. He  removed  to  Ten  Mile,  Pa.,  near  his  brother  Thad- 
deus,  and  died  Oct.  11,  1824,   aged  79.     His  wife  died  June, 


Sec.  XI. j     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDUAM.     153 

1831,  aged  about  83  years.     lie  had  (the  order  of  their  ages 
is  somewhat  uucertaia)  five  sons  and  three  daughters : 

1.  Selas,  went  to  the  remote  West.     Wlien  last  heard  of,  was  among  the 

Indians  ;  is  supposed  to  have  died  unmarried. 

2.  Ithiel,  born  1772;  died  June  6,  1834,  aged  62. 

3.  RuFUS,  born  Marcli  22,  1776  ;  died  at  Marion,  Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  August 

10,  1861,  in  the  86th  year  of  his  age. 

4.  Jeduthun,  born  1780;  removed  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  where  he  dictl  1847, 

aged  about  67. 

5.  Daniel  Freeman,  born  on  Ten  Mile,  Pa.,  June  1,  1782;  died  Oct. 

16,  1843,  aged  61. 
G.  CnLOE,  married  John  L.  Stright,  about  1804, 

7.  RnoDA,  married  Jonathan  Johnson. 

8.  Phebe,  married  Louis  Johnson,  brother  of  Jonathan,  of  Washington 

Co.,  Pa. 


Ithiel,  of  Daniel,  married,  first  wife,  1795,  widow  Hannah  sthceg. 
Lindley,  sister  to  the  father  of  Wm.  H.   Axtell,  M,  D.     She 
died  May  29,  1810.     Ithiel  lived  and  died  in  Mercer  Co.,  Pa. 
He  married  bis  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Tuttle,  in  1810.     She 
lives  in  Iowa.     His  children  by  the  first  wife  were : 

1.  Mary,  Nov.  20,  1796;  married  Amzi  L.  Stright,  Jan.  2,  1816. 

2.  Levi,  Feb.  28,  1799;  lives  in  Venango  Co.,  Pa. 

3.  Daniel,  March  14,  1801 ;  died  Dec.  22,  1840,  in  Dark  Co.,  Ohio. 

4.  Ellen,  March  14,  1803;  died  in  childhood,  March  20,  1813. 

5.  Sarah,  May   15,  1805;  married  Lawrence  Stright,  1826;  is  now  a 

widow. 

6.  LoviNA,  June  7,  1807  ;  married  Daniel  Condit,  about  1830  ;  deceased 

before  1861. 

7.  Hannah,  May  30,  1809  ;*  married  Thomas  Dilley,  about  1838. 


*  Levi  Dodd  gives  this  date  May  27,  1810,  two  days  before  the  death 
of  the  mother. 

20 


154     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDUAM.     [Part  II. 

The  children  of  Ithiel  Docld  by  his  second  wife  were : 

8.  Silas,  June  26,  1811. 

9.  Ellen,  Feb.  8,  1814 ;  married  John  E.  Striglit,  about  1835. 

10.  Chloe,  Aug.  36,  1816  ;  married Cooper,  in  Iowa,  about  1858. 

11.  Eunice,  Feb.  9,  1818 ;  married  John  Commicle,  aljout  1836. 

12.  Ruth,  Aug.  19,  or  20,*  1821 ;  married  Samuel  Alexander,  about  1838. 

13.  Haeriet,  Ajjril  25,  1823 ;  married  John  Sanford,  about  1840. 

The  dates  of  birth  are  from  a  copy  of  the  Family  Record,  furnished  by 
Silas  Dodd,  of  Iowa.  Tlie  dates  of  marriage  are  furnished  from  memoiy 
chiefly,  by  Wm.  H.  Axtell,  M.  D.,  of  Sheakleyville,  Pa.,  or  by  his  father. 
Most  of  the  daughters  of  Ithiel  Dodd  live  in  Mercer  Co.,  Pa.  Some  of 
those  by  the  second  wife  are  in  Iowa. 


6ih  Deg.  Levi,  of  Ithiel,  lives  and  keeps  a  tavern  at  Sanville,  Venan- 
go Co.,  Pa.  He  married  Juliaann  Parker,  (Mercer,  Pa.,)  June 
16,  1821 ;  and  had  : 

1.  Parker,  August  23,  1823 ;  died  March  13,  1853.     (See  below.) 

2.  Amelia  Tait,  Jan.  31,  1834;  married  Edward  Shipman  Durban, 

Nov.  31,  1844.    They  live  in  New  Castle,  Lawrence  Co.,  Pa.,  and 
have  Levi  S.,  John,  Edward,  and  Frances  Durban. 

3.  Levi,  March  17,  1826;  died  Jan.  3,  1833. 

4.  Thomas  Anderson,  July  3,  1828;  carpenter,  Franklin,  Pa, 

5.  John  How,  Jan.  22,  1831 ;  printer,  Zanesville,  O. 

6.  Levi  Axtell,  Aug.  13,  1833  ;  tinner. 

7.  Samuel  Calvin  Tait,  Feb.  20, 1836  ;  attorney. 

8.  Sarah  Bailey,  July  8,  1838. 

9.  A  son  unnamed,  July  13,  1841 ;  died  the  same  day. 

10.  Cyrus  Adams,  March  18,  1844 ;  printer,  at  Zanesville,  Ohio. 

All  born  in  Franklin,  Venango  Co.,  except  Parker,  who  was  born  in 
Sugar  Creek  township,  in  the  same  county.  Julia  Ann,  wife  of  Levi  Dodd, 
died  Sept.  10, 1857.  He  married,  secondly,  Isabel  Brown,  Aug.  3,  1859 ; 
no  issue  by  this  marriage. 

*  Silas  Dodd  gives  this  date  Aug.  19  ;  his  half  brother,  Levi,  gives  it 
Kwj..  30. 


Sec.  XL]     OR^At-GUANDSOlf  STEPHEN,  OP MEI^mAM.    155 

Parker,  of  Levi,  of  Itliiel,  was  a  joiner.    He  raarriedJane  TthDeg. 
Kinnear,  July  7,  1842 ;  and  had  : 

1.  RuFus  Kinnear,  March  2,  1843;  died  young. 

2.  Alvin  James,  Nov.  20,  1845 ;  lives  in  Venango  Co.,  Pa. 

3.  Julia  Ann,  Sept.  22,  1848 ;  died  young,  1851. 

4.  Amelia  Malvina,  Aug.  20,  1850;  died  young,  1851. 

Jane  died,  and  Parker  Dodd  married  Emily  Kellog,  Sept.  19, 1852. 
Parker  Dodd  died  March  13,  1853,  in  his  31st  year;  and  had  a  ])osthu- 
mous  son : 

5.  Parker  Kellogg,  Sept.  5,  1853;  (lives  at  Titusville,  Pa.) 


Thomas  A.,  of  Levi,  is  a  nailor,  engineer  and  joiner.     He  TthDeg. 
married  Sarah  Jane  Jones,  July,  1849 ;  has  no  children. 


John  H,  of  Levi,  is  a  printer,  and  resides  in  Zanesville,  O.  7th  Deg. 
He  married  Christina  Durbon,  Feb.  1852,  and  has  one  daugh- 
ter and  two  sons : 

1.  Francis  B.,  1853. 

2.  Edward,  1856. 


Levi  A.,  of  Levi,  is  a  coppersmith  and  tinner  at  Brookville,  7th  Deg. 

Jefferson  Co.,  Pa.     He  married  Kate  Priscilla  Christy.     Has 

no  children. 

o 

Samuel  C.  T.,  of  Levi,  learned  the  printing  business,  after-  TthDeg. 
wards  graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  and  is  now  practicing 
law  at  Franklin,  Pa.     He  married  Mary  Gear,  July,  1861,  and 
has  had  one  son  : 
1.  Frank  P.,  who  died  at  7  months. 


156    QREAT-GUAmSOK  STEPHEN,  OF MENDHA3L    [Part  II. 

(5th  Deg.      Daniel,  of  Ithiel,  married  Hannali  Vaughn,  Feb.  24,  1822, 
and  had : 

1.  James  V.,  Dec.  9,  1822;  died  in  Iowa,  May  7,  1800. 

2.  Ithiel,  Nov.  16,  1824. 

3.  Sajiuel,  Juue  8,  1826. 

4.  John  Newton,  June  8,  1827. 

5.  Nathan  A.,  Aug.  4,  1829. 

6.  Thaddeus,  Oct.  3,  1833. 

7.  Elizabeth,  Nov.  22,  1835. 

8.  Daniel  N,  Nov.  6,  1837. 


TtiiDeg.      James  V.,  of  Daniel,  married  Hannah  McKnight,  Oct.  1847  ; 
(he  died  in  Sidney,  Fremont  Co.,  Iowa,)  and  had : 

1.  Almira,  Dec.  26,  1848. 

2.  William  Watson,  Aug.  25,  1850. 

3.  Albert  Jajmes,  April  9,  1852. 

4.  Silas  Newton,  Feb.  11,  1856. 

5.  Edward  Lewis,  May  21,  1858. 

0 

7th  Deg.      Ithiel,  of  Daniel,  of  Ithiel,  married,  in  Pennsylvania,  Maiy 
Halloway,  in  1837 ;  has  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 
0 

7th Dog.      NATiiAisr  A.,  of  Daniel,  married  in  Pennsjlvania ;  has  three 
or  more  cliildren. 

0 

7th  Deg.      Thaddeus,  of  Daniel,  married;  lives  in  Missouri  or  Kansas. 


TthDeg.      Daniel  N.,  of  Daniel,  married;  also  lives  in  Missouri  or 
Kansas. 


Sfic.  Xi.]     GPaAT-ORANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MBNmiAM   \^i 

Silas,  of  Itliiel  and  Elizabeth,  married  in  Peunsylvniiia,  ctuDeg. 
Oct.  12,  1837,  Eunice  Vauglin ;  lives  in  Marion,  Linn  Co., 
Iowa,  and  has: 

1.  Clakkson  W.,  Oct.  15,  1839. 

2.  H.  Maria,  Jan.  12,  1841. 

Second  marriage  of  Silas  was  to  Mrs,  Mary  Pomeroy,  in 
Iowa,  March  6,  1851 ;  by  whom  he  has : 

3.  Rupus  WiLLSON,  Feb.  4,  1855. 

o 

EuFUS,  third  son  of  Daniel,  (1776-1861)  married  Hannah  sthDcg. 
Riggs,  March  1, 1797,  and  had  : 

1.  Eunice,  Sept.  7,  1800. 

2.  Charity,  Oct.  1,  1802. 

3.  Joseph,  Nov.  26,  1804. 

Second  marriage  of  Rufus  to  Jemima  Hathaway,  Oct.  1, 
1807.  Third  marriage  to  Hannah  Axtell,  June  28,  1810.  By 
the  third  wife  he  had  : 

4.  Jemima,  April  16,  1811. 

5.  Luther,  Jan.  4,  1813  ;  is  a  clergyman. 

6.  Bethany,  Jan.  28,  1815. 

7.  Dakiel,  June  28,  1817;  died  Oct.  22,  1840,  at  Marion,  Iowa. 

8.  Cephas,  Aug.  18,  1819. 

9.  Mary,  Aug.  26,  1821. 

10.  Silas  Freeman,  Oct.  17,  1823. 

11.  William  Wylie,  Dec.  12,  1825. 

12.  Rhoda  J.,  Feb.  22,  1829. 

o 

Joseph,  of  Rufus,   married  Phebe  Leonard  aljout   1825,  cuiDeg. 
and  had : 
1.  Calvin  R.,  May  3,  1828. 


158     GMEAT-GRAKDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDUAM.    [Part  II. 

2.  Rachel. 

3.  Hannah  J. 

4.  Mary  S. 


cti.Deg.  Eev.  Luther  Dodd,  of  Rufus,  (Toledo,  Tama  Co.,  Iowa,) 
married  in  Ohio,  Miss  Louisa  Pearson ;  had  six  children,  who 
all  died  young,  except  one  daughter  Carohne.  He  married, 
secondly,  in  Indiana,  Miss Goodell,  Sept.  1859. 


cthDeg.      Cephas,  of  Rufuis,  married  Catharine  Swan,  June,  1852, 
and  has : 

1.  William  Rufus,  AjDril,  1855  ;  died  1856. 

2.  Mary  E.,  Jan.  1858. 

3.  Oceana,  Sept.  1859. 


CthDeg.  Silas  F.,  of  Rufus,  married  in  Ohio,  1848,  Mrs.  Ruth 
Sayers  ;  has  two  daughters. 

0 

CthDeg.  William  W.,  of  Rufus,  married  Rhoda  Robb,  June  5, 
1856,  and  has : 

1.  William  Clifton,  Oct.  15,  1857. 

2.  Rufus  Ellsworth,  April  16,  1859. 

0 

5th  Deg.  Jeduthun,  fourth  son  of  Daniel  and  Charity,  born  1780; 
married,  1801,  in  Pennsylvania,  Margaret  Ruckman,  who  died 
in  Cincinnati,  in  1833.  Second  marriage  in  Cincinnati,  in  1835, 
to  Elizabeth  Barge,  who  died  in  that  city  in  1850.  The  first 
wife's  children  were,  (the  three  eldest  born  in   Pennsylvania) : 

1.  James,  1802 ;  died  iii  Arkansas  or  Missouri  iii  1845. 

2.  Silas,  1804 ;  married  twice  in  Indiana. 


Sec.  XL]     GUEAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDIIAM.     159 

o.  Anka,  1806;  married  in  Indiana  to  Enoch  Scudder  in  1826.  Enoch 
died  1828.  Anna  married,  second,  in  Cincinnati,  to  William 
Strain,  1836 ;  third  marriage  was  to  John  Coy,  also  in  Cincinnati, 
in  1849.     Anna  died  1862,  in  Indiana. 

4.  Hannah,  born  1809,  in  Ohio;  married  in  Cincinnati,  to  Ludwick 

Fisher,  1833. 

5.  John  M.,  1811,  in  Ohio;  twice  married  in  Cincinnati. 

6.  Thomas  M.,  1813,  in  Penn. ;  twice  married  in  Cincinnati. 

7.  SLuiGARET,  1816,  in  Penn. ;    married,  1838,  to  George  R.  Bliss,  in 

Cincinnati,  and  died  in  that  city  in  1853. 

8.  Joseph  S.  W.,  1818,  in  Indiana;    married  in  Cincinnati;   lives  in 

Indiana.     ("We  are  indebted  to  him  for  this  account  of  the  family 
of  Jeduthun  Dodd.) 

9.  Daniel  F.,  1821,  in  Indiana;  twice  married  in  Cincinnati,  and  died 

in  that  city  in  1853. 
10.  Joshua  "W.,  1828,  ha  Ciucinnati,  and  died  in  that  city  at  5  years. 
o 

James,  of  Jeduthun,    married,    1825,   in  Indiana,    Nancy  ciiiDeg. 
Bonte,  and  had : 

1.  Keziah. 

2.  Margaket. 

3.  Nancy. 

4.  Henry. 

And  perhaps  others. 


Silas,  of  Jeduthun,  married,  1822,  Nancy  Poland,  in  In-  othDcg. 
diana.     Second  marriage  to  EHnor  Adkins.     Ilis  children  (all 
born  in  Indiana)  were : 

1.  James,  born  1823 ;  died  1826. 

2.  William,  bom  1825 ;  died  1826. 

3.  Margaret,  born  1827;  married,  1840,  John  Holdcraft. 

4.  Mary,  born  1831 ;  died  1885. 


IBO     GREAT-GRANDSON  ISTEPHEN,  OF MENDUAM.     [Paut  II. 

5.  Thomas  M.,  boru  1835. 

6.  Pamelia,  bom  1838 ;  died  1839. 

7.  Silas,  Jr.,  bom  1840;  married,  1860,  Elizabetli  Beak-. 

8.  David,  bom  1843. 

9.  Jeduthun,  born  1845, 
10.  Joseph,  born  1851. 


fithDeg.  John  M,,  of  Jeduthun,  married  in  Cincinnati,  lii'Ht,  Abi- 
gail Turner,  in  1835;  secondly,  Susan  Jennings,  in  18-4:2. 
His  children  (all  born  in  Cincinnati)  were  : 

1.  Joseph  H.,  bom  1838;  died  1839. 

2.  Sarah  F.,  bom  1843. 

3.  William,  bom  1844. 

4.  Charles,  bom  184C  ;  died  1847. 

5.  James,  born  1850;  died  1853. 

6.  Charlotte, 


twins,  bora  1853. 

7.  David, 

8.  Ltjcetta,  1)om  185G. 


6th  Dcg.  Thomas  M.,  of  Jeduthun,  married  in  Cincinnati,  first.  Ado- 
line  Mesusan,  in  1836  ;  secondly,  Mary  Bennet,  in  1841.  His 
children  were,  (the  first  five  born  in  Cincinnati,  the  sixth  and 
eighth  in  Kentucky,  the  others  in  Indiana) : 

1.  Charles  Augustus,  born  1837. 
3.  John  W.,  born  1840. 

3.  Thomas  V.,  born  1843. 

4.  Silas  W.,  born  1840 ;  died  1847. 

5.  Mary  E.,  born  1847. 

6.  Martha  A.,  born  1849. 

7.  Granville  M.,  I)om  1851. 

8.  Margaret  E.,  bora  1853. 

9.  James  L.,  bora  1855. 


Sec.  XI.  ]     ORE  A  T-  GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDHAM.    1 6 1 

10.  Clayton  B.,  born  1857. 

11.  Joseph  C,  bom  1858. 

12.  Sarah  E.,  born  1861. 


Joseph  S.  W.,  of  Jediithnn,  married  in  Cincinnati,   1841,  ethDeg. 
Julia  A.  Smith,  and  lias  had  six  children — the  first  five  born 
in  Cincinnati,  the  sixth  in  Indiana.      His  address,  after  Sept., 
1862,  is  Jacksonville,  Switzerland  Co.,  Indiana.     His  children 
are: 

1.  George  W.,  born  1843. 

2.  Julia  A.,  born  1814;  died  1846. 

3.  Hankah  E.,  born  1849. 

4.  Daniel  W.,  bom  1853. 

5.  Anna  E.,  born  1855. 

6.  Samuel  J.,  born  1858. 


Daniel  F.,  of  Jeduthun,  married  in  Cincinnati,  first,  Eliza  ethoeg. 
Newkirk,  in  181:2  ;  secondly,  Nancy  Newkirk,  in  1844.     He 
died  in  Cincinnati,  in  1853,  aged  32.     His  children  were,  (the 
eldest  born  in  Cincinnati,  and  the  other  two  in  Indiana) : 

1.  Hannah  A.,  bom  1848. 

2.  Silas  B.,  bom  1849. 

3.  Enoch  R,  bom  1851. 


Note. — Grand-cMldren  of  Jeduthun  Dodd  in  tlie  female  line : 
Anna  liad,  by  her  first  husband,  Enoch  Scudder,  one  son  Enoch,  born 
1838.  The  father  died  the  same  year.  By  her  second  husband,  Wm. 
Strain,  she  had  George,  Margaret  (dec'd),  and  Rlioda  Strain. 

Hannah  and  Ludwick  Fisher  had:  1.  Queen  Adeline,  born  1834,  died 
same  year;  2.  Roselinda,  1836,  married,  1854,  in  Cincinnati,  to  Robert 
Chambers,  and  has  Eugene,  Edward,  and  Henry  Clay  Chambers ;  3,  Lu- 
cetta,  1838,  married,  1855,  in  Cincinnati,  to  Samuel  McKeltrick,  and  has 
Charles  M.,  Alice  Bell,  and  Ida  Genetta  McKeltrick  ;  4,  Hannah,  born 
1840;  5,  Henry  C,  born  1843. 

Margaret  and  George  R.  Bliss  had  George  R.,  1838;  William,  1840, 
died  1844  ;  Emily,  1844,  died  1845  ;  James  L.,  1849. 
21 


162     GREAT-OBAND80N  STEPHEN,  OF MENDHAM.     [Part  II. 

5th  Deg.  Daniel  R,  of  Daniel,  was  bom  on  Ten  Mile,  Pa.,  June  1, 
1782 ;  married  to  Jemima  Axtel,  Nov.  -i,  1814,  and  died  Oct. 
16,  1843,  aged  61.  His  cHIdren  were  three  sons  and  four 
daughters : 

1.  Oliver,  July  8,  1815 ;  died  July  1,  1839. 

3.  D-iKiEL,  Dec.  26,  1835;   married,  Sept.,  1854,  Ruth  McFarland,  a 

grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Cei^lias  Dodd,  and  has  three  daughters : 

Sarah  Alice,  Mary  Emma,  and  Rosa. 

3.  Henry,  not  married. 

4.  Joanna,  married  Nathan  Axtel. 

5.  Mary,  died  single. 

6.  Maria,  married  Ayres  Sanders ;  she  is  dead. 

7.  Clarissa,  not  married. 

(The  daughters,  it  appears,  are  not  placed  in  order  of  their  ages.) 


IV.    Family  of  Parmenas. 

4th  Deg.  PARMENAS,  of  Stephen  of  Mendham,  born  1748;  died 
April  28, 1811,  aged  63.  His  grave  is  at  Mendham,  Morris  Co., 
N,  J.  He  married  Patience  Wright,  and  had  seven  children  ; 
given  in  this  order  by  the  only  survivor,  Stephen  Dodd  of 
Illinois : 

1.  Mary,  bom  Sept.  33,  about  the  year  1771 ;  married  Alexander  Wood. 
She  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York  about  the  year  1803 ;  first 
in  Schoharie  Co.,  and  in  1817  in  Genesee  Co.  She  had  sixteen 
children,  eight  of  whom  grew  u^).  She  was  a  very  pious  woman, 
and  most  of  her  children  became  professors  of  religion.  Her 
oldest  son,  Wm.  D.  Wood,  lives  at  Arcade,  Wyoming  Co.,  N.  Y. 
He  was  born  1793.  Her  youngest  son  but  one,  Rev.  Josiah  Wood, 
is  in  the  Gospel  ministry  at  Duquoin,  Illinois. 


2.  Phebe,  married  Asa  Sanders ;  left  seven  sons,  no  daugliters. 

3.  Daniel  W.,  born  June  8,  1786*;  died  in  Illinois,  Sept.  10, 1838,  aged 

52 ;  had  six  children.     (See  below.) 

4.  AzuBAH,  died  at  Mendham,  unmaiTied. 

5.  Stephen,  bom  April  28,  1784*;  li\ing  in  Illinois;  lias  had   18  chil- 

dren, three  at  one  birth. 

6.  ZiBA,  died  unmarried. 

7.  Sarah,  lived  with  her  sister  Azubah,  on  the  old  homestead  in  Mend- 

ham,  and  died  immarried.     Since  theu*   death,  there  remain  no 
descendants  of  Parmenas  in  Mendham ;  all  have  gone  West. 

Stephen  Dodd,  of  Illinois,  says  his  father  Parmenas,  was  bom  in  1738, 
and  married  at  the  age  of  28.  We  are  informed  that  his  head-stone 
gives  his  death  and  age  as  above,  showing  him  to  have  been  born  1748. 
There  is  considerable  confusion  of  dates  somewhere. 


Daniel  TV.,  of  Parmenas,  of  Mendham,  was  born  June  8,  cthceg. 
1786,  and  died  Sept.  10,  1838,  aged  52.  He  was  by  trade  a 
carpenter  and  joiner,  and  lived  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in 
Northern  Illinois.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Jane  Todd,  and  widow  of  Augustus  Y.  Quackenboss,  (by 
whom  she  had  two  daughters,  Eliza  Maria  and  Jane  A.)  She 
died  Sept.  25,  1858.  Her  and  Daniel  W.  Dodd's  children 
were : 

1.  Azubah,  May  21,  1814;  died  of  bilious  remittent  fever,  Sept.  11, 

1837,  aged  23.     She  died,  says  her  sister,  "as  none  ]jut  the  Chris- 
tian can,  triumphant  in  the  Lord.'' 

2.  Augustus  V.,  May  4,  181G.     (See  below.) 

3.  ZiBA,  Feb.  10,  1818.     Went  to  Califomia  m  1849,  and  it  is  reported 

he  is  married  and  doing  well  as  a  broker  in  San  Francisco. 


*  There  is  probably  an  eiTor  in  one  of  these  dates,  as  Stephen  was  by 
all  accounts  younger  than  Daniel,  who  was  bom,  so  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Hosking,  says,  in  1786.     Possihly  the  latter  date  should  be  1776. 


164     onEAT-GUANDSON  STEPmN,  OF MENDHAM.    [Part  II. 

4.  JrxiA  Ax^',  April  23,  1830;  married  to  John  L.  Hosking,  April  19, 

1846.  She  was,  wlien  slie  "wrote,  Dec.  1861,  living  at  Vinegar 
Hill,  near  Galena,  Illinois;  but  preparing  to  go   to  California. 

5.  Parmenas  C,  August  28,  1824.     He  has  been  much  afflicted  with  ill 

health,  which  obliged  him  to  leave  the  College  at  Hillsdale,  Mich., 
before  completing  the  course.  He  now  resides  at  Polo,  Ogle  Co., 
m.,  with  his  brother  Augustus  V.  Dodd. 

6.  Mary,  March  25,  1828,  married  Samuel  McGray,  May  9,  1848,  and 

died  June,  1853,  aged  25,  leaving  three  children,  Augusta,  Augus- 
tus, and  Mary  Elizabeth.* 


6th  Deg.  Augustus  V.  Dodd,  of  Daniel  W.,  resides  at  Polo,  Ogle  Co., 
111.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1845,  gave  himself  more 
fully  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  1857,  and  in  1861  was 
appointed  Presiding  Elder  in  the  United  Brethren  denomina- 
tion. He  married,  July  9,  1840,  Ehoda  Beckwith  of  Michi- 
gan, who  was  born  Nov.  18,  1818.  They  had  five  daughters 
and  one  son.  * 

1.  Jekny,  bom  April  10,  1841 ;  married  April  11,  1860,  to  Rev.  Joshua 

Langhron.t    They  have  one  daughter. 

2.  Louisa,  (or  Louisie),  July  20,  1843  ;  died  Oct.  13,  1848, 

3.  iLuiY  Augusta,  Nov.  27,  1845. 

4.  Helen,     )  ( 

V  June  22,  1848.  \ 

5.  Ellex,     )  I  Ellen  died  August  18,  1848. 

6.  RobkeyJ  Augustus,  July  30,  1850. 


*  Her  sister,  Mrs.  Hosking,  says  "  she  fell  asleep  in  the  arms  of  her 
Redeemer,  after  a  short  but  severe  illness  of  four  days." 

t  Perhaps  this  name  should  be  sjielt  Langhom. 

\  Mrs.  Hosking  spells  this  name  Rhodna,  which  looks  so  unusual,  that 
we  have  ventured  to  alter  it. 


Sec.  XL]     OREAT-GRANDBON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDIIAM.    165 

Stephen,  of  Parmenas  of  Mendham,  was  born  April  28,  stuDeg. 
1784 ;  married  Phebe  Babbit,  Nov.  1,  1809.  She  died  1847. 
lie  married  his  second  wife,  Philenia  Munson,  Dec.  14,  1847. 
He  formerly  lived  in  Knox  Co.,  Ohio,  and  now  lives  in  Mil- 
ledgeville,  Carrol  Co.,  Illinois.  His  children  were  eighteen, 
sixteen  by  tlie  first  wife,  and  two  by  the  second : 

1.  Amzi,  bom  1811. 

3.  Elias,  bom  1813;  died  in  California  about  1848. 

3.  JosEPHUs,  bom  1815, 

4.  George,  bom  1817. 

5.  Akgeline,  ^      _  r  married  Edmimd  Langston,  1843. 


Tnplets 


6.  Emeline,     \  -!  married  John  Norris,  1844. 

1819. 

7.  Sarah,       J  I  died  at  tbe  age  of  15. 

8.  Stephen,  1821 ;  deceased  1851. 

9.  Isaac  Newton,  1823. 

10.  Jesse,  1834. 

11.  Phebe,  1826 ;  married  Daniel  Smith,  1850. 
13.  Jemima,  1829;  died  at  eighteen. 

13.  Edward. 

14.  John,  1834. 

15.  JtTLiA  Anne,  1836 ;  married  Abner  Ball,  1854 ;  lives  in  Illinois. 

16.  Oliver,  1838;  went  to  California  in  1848  (?)*;  not  married. 

17.  Lydia,  1849. 

18.  Mary  Anne,  1853. 


Amzi,  of  Stephen,  married  Phebe  Dewitt,  1834 ;  had  five  etii  Deg. 
children  now  grown  up,  and  two  or  three  that  died  young. 
He  was  divorced  from  his  wife  about  1847,  in  Ohio,  and  went 


*  Perhaps  this  date,  so  given  ])y  Mrs.  Philenia  Dodd,  is  a  slip  of  the 
pen,  unless  Oliver,  then  only  ten  years  old,  went  with  his  elder  brother, 
Elias.  She  gives  the  date  of  her  own  marriage  to  Stephen  Dodd,  in  one 
letter  as  above,  Dec.  14,  1847;  and  in  another,  Dec.  15,  1848. 


ICG    aREAT-aRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MEmitAM.    [Paiit  II. 

to  Iowa,  where  he  married  another  wife.     No  more  can  be 
learned  respecting  his  family. 


6th  Deg.  Eli  AS,  of  Stephen,  married  Sarah  Ann  Wines,  1845 ;  had 
a  son  Stephen,  18-i6 ;  a  daughter  Sarah  Ann,  1847.  Elias 
Dodd  went  to  California  in  18-18,  and  died  in  two  months 
after. 

o 

ethDeg.  JosEPHUS,  of  Stephen,  married  Sarah  Rion  (Ryan  ?),  1835, 
and  had : 

1.  Elias,  1837. 

2.  Mary,  1840. 

3.  ViANN,  1843. 

4.  .John,  1844. 

5.  Phebe,  1846. 
G.  Byram,  1850. 
7.  Stephen,  1854. 


GthDeg.  George,  of  Stephen,  married  Mary  Rion  (Ryan?),  1836, 
(so  given  by  Mrs.  Philenia  Dodd,  perhaps  1838  or  1839,)  and 
had : 

1.  Lemuel,  1840. 

2.  Malinda,  1842. 

3.  Freeman,  1844. 

4.  Sarah  Ann,  1848. 

5.  Richard,  1850. 

6.  Perry,  1854. 

7.  Emma,  1856;  died  1857. 

8.  Jenny,  1858. 


Sec.  XI.  ]     ORE  A  T-  GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF  MENDHAM.     1 07 

Stephen,  Jr.,  of  Steplien,  marrieJ  Cornelia  Shear,   1848,  cti.Deg. 
and  had : 

1.  James,  1849. 

2.  Mari.\n,  1851. 


Isaac  NEWTOisr,  of  Stephen,  married  Catharine  Winters  in  othDeg. 
1850,  and  had : 

1.  Phebe,  1851. 

2.  James,  1852. 

3.  John,  1854;  died  1857. 

4.  Susan,  1858. 

I.  Newton  Dodd  was  divoreed  from  bis  wife  in  1858 ;  since  whicli 
little  can  be  said  of  him.    He  was  in  Iowa  when  last  heard  from. 


Jesse,  of  Stephen,  married  Lucinda  Shephard,  1849;  had  a  6th  oeg. 
daughter  Emma,  born  1850.     He  lives  in  Iowa. 

0 

Edward,  of  Stephen,  married  Mary  Winters,  1850;  lives  ethDeg, 
in  Iowa,  and  has : 

1.  Millard,  1851. 

2.  Sarah,  1854. 

3.  James,  1855. 

o 

John,  of  Stephen,  married  Eliza  Wiric  (Wyrick?),  1854,  ethDeg. 
and  has : 

1.  Mary,  1855. 

2.  Charles,  1858. 

(This  account  of  the  family  of  Steplien  Dodd.  of  Milledgcville,  111., 
seems  to  be  incomplete,  by  wanting  the  marriages  and  children  of  the 
grandchildren,  if  any.  Several  of  the  children  of  Amzi,  Josephus  and 
George  are  of  age.  We  understand  from  Mrs.  Dodd's  remarks,  that 
those  not  otherwise  noted  live  in  Illinois.) 


168     GREAT-GRANDSON  STEPHEN,  OF MENDHAM.     [Part  II. 

4th  Deg.  [  UCAL,  youngest  son  of  Stephen  of  Mendbam,  married 
Abigail  Homim,  an  aunt  of  J.  C.  Homan,  Esq.,  of  Mendbam. 
Ucal  was  living  in  Western  Pennsylvania  about  1790.  He 
bad  but  one  child  that  grew  up,  Martha,  who  married  Francis 
Frazee,  about  1800.  Her  son,  William  Frazee,  of  Cooktowu, 
Fayette  Co.,  Pa.,  has  been  Canal  Commissioner  of  Pennsyl- 
vania.] 


i  Daniel  iBt. 

V  Stephen  of  Guilford.    1st  Deg, 

V.  Daniel  of  G 


GREAT-GRANDSON    JOHN, 

(the     carpenter.) 

Section      XII.  (DanielofGuUford.      2d  Deg. 

Descendants  of  John  the  Carpenter,    2d    son  of  Daniel 
of  Guilford. 

JOHN,  son  of  Guilford  Daniel,  is  called,  in  old  records,  sd  Deg. 
John  Dod,  carpenter,  to  distinguish  him  from  John  Dod, 
son  of  Newark  Daniel.  He  was  born  May  1-1,  1711,  and  died 
Aug.  10,  1768,  aged  57.  He  married  Jemima  Harrison,  sister 
of  Amos  Harrison.  She  was  born  April  21,  1714,  and  died 
July  29,  1777,  aged  63.  The  record  of  their  marriage  has  not 
been  found.  They  had  seven  children,  (perhaps  others  died 
young) : 

1.  Matthew,  bom  August,  1735 ;    died,   unmarried,   Marcli  31,   1790, 

aged  54. 
3.  Necoda,  or  Cody,  wlio  also  died  unmarried. 

3.  Adonijah,  bom  August  28,  1741 ;  died  Oct.  14,  1837,  aged  86. 

4.  J.V3IES,  bom  Sept.  25,  1749;  died  Oct.  39,  1817,  aged  08. 

5.  Abel,  died  not  far  from  1821,  aged  about  70. 

6.  Jemima,  bom  May,  1753  ;  died,  unmarried,  Sept.  15,  1793,  aged  40. 

7.  Elizabeth,  bom  Oct.  31, 1755 ;  died,  unmarried,  Oct.  3, 1795,  aged  40. 

(It  is  uncertain  wbetlier  Xecoda,  or,  as  spelled  in  the  will  on  record, 
Nehoda,  was  older  or  younger  than  Adonijab.  The  ages  of  Matthew, 
Jemima  and  Elizabeth  are  from  monuments  in  the  old  grave  yard  at 
Orange ;  the  other  dates  from  family  records.) 

9.9. 


170    OREAT-QRANDSON  JOHN,  THE  CARPENTER.    [Part  H. 

ithDeg.      Adonijah,  of  Jobn,  married  Mary  Ogden,  a  sister  of  David, 
Swaine  and  Thomas  Ogden.     They  had : 

1.  Catharine,  bom  at  Orange,  June  6, 1768 ;  mamed  Aaron  Tompkins 

of  Livingston,  Dec.  3,  1788,  and  died  Aug.  17,  1843,  aged  75. 
She  left  one  son,  Ezra  Tompkins,  and  two  daughters. 

2.  Aaeon. 

3.  Samuel. 

4.  Matthew. 

(The  children  were  born  iu  Orange,  but  the  fomily  early  removed  to 

Swinefield,  now  Centreville,  in  Livingston  townshij),  and  their  graves 

are  at  Caldwell.) 

0 

5thDeg.  Aaron,  of  Adonijah,  born  Aug.  16,  1773 ;  died  Jan.  18, 
1839,  in  his  66th  year.  He  was  mortally  hurt  by  a  blow  from 
the  handle  of  a  windlass  in  digging  a  well.  He  married  Tamar 
Harrison,  daughter  of  Joseph  Harrison,  Esq.  She  died  1835, 
aged  59.  Their  only  child,  Ehoda  Maria,  first  wife  of  Caleb  S. 
Crane,  died  1848,  aged  32,  leaving  two  children.  Her  husband, 
returning  from  Ohio  to  sell  his  father-in-law  Dodd's  farm,  was 
killed  by  a  kick  of  his  horse,  Aug.  30,  1851,  aged  about  36. 


5thDeg.  Samuel,  of  Adonijah,  born  May  11,  1776 ;  married  Amy 
Peffers,  Feb.  9,  1801,  and  died  May  11,  1848,  aged  just  72 
years.     They  had  two  sons : 

1.  Hiram,  born  Jan.  31,  1803,  who  still  lives  on  the  old  homestead  near 

Centreville. 
3.  Ambrose,  born  July  8,,  1803;  died  unmarried  April  17,  1840. 


6th Deg.  Hiram  Dodd,  of  Samuel,  born  Jan.  21,  1802  ;  married  Feb. 
26,  1832,  Mary  W.  Condit,  who  was  born  Sept.  30,  1807. 
(She  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  W-  Condit,  and  grand-daugh- 


Sec.  XIL]    GREAT-0RAND8.ON  SOBN^  ^SE  CAUPBNTEB.    \ni 

ter  of  Joel  Condit,  Orange  township.)     Hiram  and  Mary  W. 
had: 

1.  Ranfoed,  born  May  13,  1835 ;  died  Aug.  31,  1835. 

2.  Marvin,  bom  Aug.  11,  1837. 

3.  LiLLis,  bom  May  31,  1844. 

4.  HiKAM  Frederick,  bom  Feb.  7,  1850. 

0 

Marvin,   of   Hiram,  lives  in   Newark,  and  keeps  a  dry  TthDeg. 
goods    store.     He  married,   May   14,    1861,    Emma  Ward, 
daughter  of  Joseph  C.  Ward,  of  Hanover,  and  has : 
1.  George  W.,  bom  Marcli  5, 1863. 


Matthew,  of  Adonijah,  born  1782,  died  1828 ;    married  stuDeg. 
Sally  Lyon,  daughter  of  David  Lyon,  1800,  and  had : 
1.  Adonijah,  bora  1801  ;  died  1803. 
3.  Henry  L.,  bora  May  5,  1805 ;   is  in  tbe  shoe  business  in  New  York 

city. 
3.  Catharine  Maria,  bom  Scjit.  6,  1814 ;   married  Lot  Chester  Steele. 

They  reside  in  Jackson,  Jackson  county,   Ohio,  and  have  two 

daughters. 


Henry  L.,  of  Matthew,  married,  Oct.  26,  1826,  Sallie  Ann  ethoeg. 
Canfield,  daughter  of  Joseph  Oanfield.    They  have  had  eleven 
children,  of  whom  the  second  was  born  in  Livingston,  the 
others  in  New  York  city : 

1.  George  Canfield,  bora  1838;  died  March  25,  1833. 

2.  Cornelia  Fuller,  born  1880;  died  Fel).  34,  1833. 

3.  Sarah  Maria,  bom  1833;  married  S.  W.  Gilham,  Nov.  13,  1854. 

4.  Henry  Canfield,  bom  1834;  died  Aug.,  1835. 

5.  Abby  Matilda,  born  183G;  died  1837. 
«.  Abby  Matilda,  bom  1838;  died  1830. 


172    GREAT-OBAKDSON  Jom,  fB]E  CAItPmTm.    [Pabt  n. 

7.  Bethany  Canfield,  bora  1839. 

8.  Samuel  Fuller,  bom  1842. 

9.  Caroline  Acker,  bom  1845. 

10.  Susan  Chase,  bom  1847. 

11.  Emma  Kate,  bom  1852. 


,r^^^>^^ysA^~~ 


4th Deg.  James,  of  John  the  carpenter,  lived  and  died  in  Orange. 
He  married  Sarah  Harrison,  who  was  born  Oct.  21,  1751,  and 
died  Nov.  28,  1839,  aged  88.  They  were  married  Jan.  22, 
1772,  and  had  six  children : 

1.  Phebe,  bom  Dec.  8,  1773;  married  Nathaniel  Ward,  and  died  Nov. 

16,  1808. 

2.  Hannah,  bom  Jan.  31,  1775 ;  married  Isaac  Mattbews. 

3.  Abraham,  bom  Feb.  16,  1777;  died  Dec.  5,  1813,  aged  35. 

4.  NAo>n,  bom  Jan.  30,  1780 ;    married  Daniel  Williams;    died  Jan.  9, 

1851,  aged  71.      Her  husband  died  Aug.,  1836,  aged  6G  ;  parents 
of  Abraham  Williams. 

5.  Jane,  born  Jan.  28,  1785 ;  died  at  five  weeks. 

6.  Abel,  bom  April  10,  1790;  died  at  18  months. 


6th Deg.      Abraham,  of  James,  married  Sallie  Herdman,  and  had : 

1.  Jane,  bom  May  30,  1801 ;  married  Conrad  Kowe. 

2.  John,  bom  Oct  9,  1803;  married  Amanda  Williams,  March  30,  1830, 

and  has  a  daughter  Charlotte  Ann,  bom  Dec.  7,  1833. 

3.  Aaron,  bom  Nov.  25,  1805 ;  married  Louisa  Pierson,  Sept.  28,  1829, 

and  had  a  daughter  Sarah  Ann,  bora  Aug.  16,  1830;  she  married 
Samuel  Uzal  Dodd,  (grandson  of  Uzal,)  and  died  March  9,  1860. 

4.  Phebe,  bom  Jan.  4,  1808;   manned  Henry  Carlock;  has  a  son  and 

three  daughters. 

5.  Ira,  bom  Feb.  9,  1811 ;  died  the  following  spring. 

6.  Mart,  bom  Aug.  21,  1812;  married  Daniel  J.  Kilbum;  has  two  sons. 


SEC.Xli.j    ^REAT-OiiANDSON  J01l!t{,  THE  CARPEi^TEU.    173 

Abel,  of  John  the  carpenter,  lived  near  his  brother  Ado-  4th  Deg. 
nijah,  and  his  family  also  are  buried  at  Caldwell.     He  married 
Martha  Osborn,  and  had — (the  order  of  birth  somewhat  un- 
certain) : 

1.  John,  who  died  1795,  aged  23. 

2.  WiLLi^VM,  who  died  1789,  aged  14. 

3.  .jEMruA,  who  lived  to  be  in  years,  unmarried,  died  1833. 

4.  Kachkl,  maiTied  Delph  Carlock. 

5.  Maby,  married  Hiram  Williams,  of  Orange;   had  two  children,  Tah- 

lon  and  Hetty,  who  married  Elijah  Williams. 

6.  Betsey,  married  Isaac  Williams.* 

7.  A  second  WiLLiAjr,  who  died  yonng. 

Abel  Dodd's  family  in  the  male  line  is  extinct. 


*  Isaac  Williams  was  lirothcr  to  the  Aaron  Williams  that  married 
Maiy  daughter  of  Joseph  Dodd.  Tbe  children  of  Isaac  and  Betsey 
Williams  were : 

1.  Phebe,  died  small. 

2.  Jemima,  did  not  marry. 

3.  Eimice. 

4.  Alvan  Pierson. 

5.  Ira.  These  three  were  deaf  mutes.  Ira  mamed  a  deaf  mute,  Mary 
Harrison,  and  had  several  deaf  mute  children. 

6.  Samuel,  died  with  consumjition,  at  23  or  24. 

7.  Gertrude,  is  in  the  Lunatic  Asylum. 

8.  Patty,  did  not  marry. 

9.  Charlotte,  married  Al)ial  Morris  Condit. 

10.  William,  was  burned  to  death. 

11.  Matilda,  died  at  about  two  years  old,  and  about  six  weeks  before 
her  mother,  Betsey. 


GREAT-GRANDSON    TIMOTHY. 


Daniel  1st.  \  _»,»e@94«.^ 

IStDeg.    Stephen  of  Guilford,   y 
2d  Beg.    Daniel  of  Guilford.     )  OECTION     Xlll. 

Descendants  of  Timothy,  3d  son  of  Daniel  of  Guilford. 

3d  Beg.  nniMOTHY,  tlie  youngest  son  of  Daniel  of  Guilford.     Of 
_JL  this  branch  of  the  family  less  is  known  than  of  any  other. 
Eev.  Stephen  Dodd  states  that  "  Timothy  married  [whom  he 
married  not  known]  and  had : 

1.  .JESSE. 

2.  PHEBE. 

3.  TIMOTHY. 

The  last  two  did  not  marry."  A  head-stone  in  the  grave  yard 
at  Caldwell,  (next  to  that  of  Phcbe,  wife  of  Josiah  Steele,) 
records  that  Phebe  Dodd  died  in  181-i,  aged  67  years.  This 
makes  her  birth  1747.  From  an  old  newspaper,  we  learn 
that  Timothy  Dodd,  a  soldier  of  the  Eevolution,  distinguished 
for  his  pleasing  manners,  died  at  Caldwell,  October  7,  1831,  at 
the  age  of  80.  This  makes  his  birth  1751.  If  Jesse  was  the 
oldest,  he  was  probably  born  about  1745. 

4thDeg.      JESSE,  of  Timothy,  married  Abigail  Perry,  and  had : 

1.  Kezta,  wlio  was  the  second  wife  of  Jacob  Kent.     She  had  : 

1.  Abigail;    2.  Jane;    3.  Kezia;   4.   Lucinda;    5.  Margaret;   G. 
Nancy ;  7.  Simon. 

2.  Jane,  man-ied  David  Rikcr  of  Bloomficld ;  had  two  sons,  who  liotli 

died  unmarried. 

3.  JosEPn. 


Sec.  Xni]  GREAT-ORANDSON  TIMOTHY.  175 

Joseph,  of  Jesse,  married  Betsey  Norris.  About  the  be-  gtUDog. 
ginning  of  this  century  he  left  New  Jersey,  giving  out  that 
he  was  going  to  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.  It  appears,  probable,  how- 
ever, that  be  went  farther  west,  but  where  we  cannot  ascertain ; 
and  very  diligent  enquiry  has  failed  to  discover  the  present 
residence  of  any  of  his  family.  All  that  is  known  of  the 
names  of  his  children  is,  that  he  had  a  son  Jesse  Dodd,  who 
about  25  years  since,  was  visiting  his  relatives  in  New  Jersey, 


Grandson   Samuel   of   Guilford. 
Grandson  Samuel,  younger  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford. 

EXTINCT   BRANCH    (iN   MALE   LINE.) 

SAMUEL  DOD,  the  younger  son  of  Stephen  of  Guilford, 
died  May  24,  1757.  His  age  is  not  ascertained,  but  must 
have  been  quite  advanced,  as  he  survived  his  father  nearly  66 
years.  He  married  Hannah  Savage  of  Middletown,  Jan.  10, 
1704,  (probably  1705,  new  style.)  If  his  age  at  his  marriage 
was  22  or  28,  he  lived  about  75  years.  The  births  of  his 
children,  as  copied  by  Rev.  Stej^hen  Dodd  from  the  old  town 
records  of  Guilford,  were  : 

1.  Ebenezer,  Dec.  23,  1705  ;  died  May  19, 1783,  aged  77. 
3.  Samuel,  Feb.  38,  1707;  died  unmarried,  Aug.  25,  1751. 

3.  Hannah,  July  38, 1713 ;  died  July  36,  1795,  aged  83.     She  married 

Thomas  Burgis,  May  18,  1737.     They  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  and  tliree  daughters. 

4.  Sarah,  April  34,  1715;  died  Jan.  1787,  aged  73.     She  married  John 

Burgis,  but  had  no  children. 

Samuel  Dod  of  Guilford  married  a  second  wife,  Hannah  Benton,  Aug. 
31,1737.  He  married  a  third  wife,  Mary  Evarts,  April  33,  1741;  and 
had  by  her  Mary,  born  Jan.  19,  1743;  died  the  same  month.  Tlie  mother 
died  Nov.  19,  1790.  Saniuel  Dod  must  have  been  not  far  from  sixty  at 
the  time  of  his  third  marriage. 


broken  branch— ebenezer.  177 

Broken  Branch  (in  Male  Line)— Ebenezer. 

EBENEZER,  of  Samuel  of  Guilford,  married  Sarah  White  3,1  Do- 
of  Hadley.     They  had : 

1.  Sar.ui,  who  married  Giles  White  of  Hadley. 

2.  Mary,  who  married  Leumen  Ward  of  Griiilford. 

Both  removed  from  Guilford  many  years  since.  "  The  Pod 
family  in  Guilford,  in  the  line  of  Samuel,  is  now  extinct," 
says  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd;  but  he  states  in  another  place  that 
the  Burgis  family  and  otlier  descendants  of  Samuel  Dod  still 
hold  most  of  the  lands  that  belonged  to  Stephen  of  Guilford. 


P^ET     THIRD 


■"^^./^^Qt^^^Q'^^^' 


Descendants  of  Samuel  Dod  ist, 


Youngest  Son  of  Daniel  ist. 


SAMUEL  DOD.youn^esl  son  of  UhwvI  of 
IW-aiil'ortl,  C()nn.,a  naliveof  Eiitjlaiwl. 

ALSO 

SAM  TEL  (SK(OM>), 
(Eldest  son  of  Saumel  DotlpSrn'r.) 

WITH  ftlS  SONS 

SAM  r  Kli  ( third  ),iand  UKON  ) 

AND    HIS    nESCBNOANTS. 


ALSO 

JONATHAN, 

(iSocun<l  S(ni  of  SaiiuK'l  Ood,  Scii'i;) 

WITH  HIS    SON 

JONATHAN. 


PlUiilll.'l'l  ,!fi|ll|l|  ■  '^vii'f,,,  *  f"^<'  ''l^  ■«•''■ '«!>■*  "I'*'*  '*!  ''I'l 


unmriww^iMwwa 


SAMUEL     DOD     ist. 

SAMUEL  DOD,  the  youngest  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary, 
who  was  left  motherless  at  three  weeks  old,  and  fatherless 
at  nine  years,  came  to  Newark  with  his  brothers  and  sister 
Mar3^  At  a  town-meeting,  Feb.  13,  1678-9,  being  then  about 
22  years  old,  he  was  admitted  a  planter,  and  his  home  lot  was 
assigned  at  the  north-west  end  of  the  town  plot,  next  his 
brother  Daniel's  lot,  where,  as  seems  from  Mr.  Congar's  map, 
is  now  the  residence  lately  occuj)ied  by  Hon.  A.  C.  M.  Pen- 
nington.    The  Eecord  is  as  follows : 

"  Samuel  Dod  doth  freely  resign  and  lay  down  to  the  Town's 
disposal  his  right  to  any  land,  meadow  or  bogs,  which  he  hath 
illegally  taken  up,  contrary  to  a  Town  agreement. 

"  Item. — It  is  agreed  that  Samuel  Dod  is  admitted  a  Planter 
in  our  Town,  and  hath  liberty  to  possess  lands  by  gift  or  pur- 
chase, according  to  Town  rights,  as  other  Planters  do. 

"  Item. — Sam'l  Dod  hath  granted  to  him  that  25  acres  laid 
out  already  on  Watsesson,  and  that  part  of  swamp  laid  out  to 
him  by  the  surveyor,  containing  about  20  acres,  provided  it 
shall  lie  common  for  stone  and  timber,  as  the  Third  Division 
doth  ;  and  that  part  of  land  belonging  to  the  Town,  (if  any,) 
lying  near  Hance's,*  provided  it  prejudice  not  the  Highway." 


*  Hance,  or  Hans  Albcrs,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  whose  home  lot 
iuljohicd  ou  the  east  of  that  here  granted  to  Sam'l  Dod. 


183  SAMUEL  BOB  [FIRST) 

This  land  on  Watscsson,  or  Watsessing  Plain,  says  Eev. 
Stephen  Dod,  was  on  the  cast  side  of  his  brother  Daniel's 
laud.  Samuel  Dod  had  his  lands  confirmed  to  him  by  patent 
from  the  Proprietors,  as  we  learn  from  the  "  Bill  in  Chancery." 

In  Jan.  1701-2,  he  was  chosen  constable  of  the  town.  His 
will  is  the  oldest  will  of  a  Dod  on  record  in  this  State.  It  is 
dated  Feb.  3,  1712-13,  and  w^as  proved  1714;  he  probably 
died,  therefore,  either  in  1713  or  171-1,  aged  66  or  57.  Besides 
his  wife  Martha,  the  will  names  his  sons, 


And  daufyhters, 


1.  SAMUEL. 
3.  JONATHAN. 


3.  MARY. 

4.  MARTHA. 

5.  REBECCA. 

G.  SUSANNA. 
7.  HANNAH. 


All  wei'e  minors  at  their  father's  death ;  whence  it  seems  he, 
like  his  brother  Daniel,  married  late.  Of  the  daughters  no 
more  is  known,  except  that  Mary,  in  1714,  chose  Joseph 
Ball  her  guardian.  Perhaps  Joseph  Ball's  wife  Hannah  was 
a  sister  to  Samuel  Dod's  wife — or  she  may  have  been  an  elder 
daughter  of  Daniel  Dod  2d.  That  the  two  families  were  related 
is  made  probable  by  the  similarity  in  the  names  of  the  children, 
Joseph  Ball  also  having  a  Samuel,  Jonathan,  Hannah  and 
Eebecca,  as  well  as  a  Daniel. 


NOTE. 

From  iiifoi-matiou  furnislicd  I)y  the  lute  venerable  Silas  Condit,  tlierc 

is  reason  to  believe  tliat  Mary,  dangUter  of  Samuel  Dod  1st,  -was  tlie 

wife  of  his  ifreat-grandfather,  Samuel  Condit.     In  Orange  old  grave  yard 

arc  the  head-stones  of  Samuel  Condit,  Sen'r,  who  died  July  8, 1771,  aged 


SAMtTEL  DOD  {IFIRBT.)  183 

81,  and  of  Maiy,  liis  wife,  who  died  May  25,  1755,  in  lier  57tli  year. 
Their  sons  were  Samuel,  David,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  and  perhaps  others. 
Samuel  Condit  2d,  whose  wife  was  Martha  Carter,  was  the  father  of  Dr. 
John  Condit,  who  died  May  6,  1834,  aged  79,  fatlier  of  Hon.  Silas  Condit. 
He  (Dr.  John  Condit)  was  long  a  member  of  Congress  from  New  Jersey. 
Another  son  of  Samuel  Condit  2d,  was  Daniel  Condit  who  married  Mary 
M.  Dodd,  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  son  of  Stephen  Dod  1st.  Two  of  their 
sons,  (as  noted  in  the  proper  places,)  were  Samuel  Condit  who  married 
Charlotte  Dodd,  daughter  of  Matthias,  and  Cheveiil,  or  Sacheverill,  that 
married  Lydia  Dodd,  daughter  of  Eleazer. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Condit  family  was  John  Condit,  (or  Cundict,  as  it 
was  sometimes  spelled,)  who  died  about  1713,  leaving  a  son  Peter,  who 
married  Mary  Harrison,  daughter  of  Samuel  Harrison,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Newark,  (He  was,  I  think,  the  eldest  son  of  Sergeant  Richard 
Harrison,  and  married  Mary  Ward,  daughter  of  Sergeant  John  Ward.) 
Peter  Condit  died  about  1714,  and  names  in  his  will  six  sous  and  one 
daughter — Samuel,  John,  Peter,  Nathaniel,  Philip,  Isaac,  Mary. 

John  Condit,  son  of  Peter,  died  about  1780,  leaving  a  son  Matthew, 
(father  of  the  John  Condit  that  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Amos 
Dodd,)  and  a  daugliter  Ruth,  who,  I  think,  was  the  same  that  married 
Nathaniel  Dodd,  named  above. 

Isaac  Condit,  the  youngest  son  of  Peter,  was  the  father  of  Hannah, 
who  married  Captain  Amos  Dodd,  and  of  Abigail,  who  married  Joshua 
Dodd. 

Philij)  and  Peter  2d,  sons  of  Peter  Condit,  are  buried  at  Morristown. 

From  information  obtained  from  an  aged  lady  of  Newark,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Smith,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Williams,  and  sister  of  Timothy  Wil- 
liams, it  appears  certain  that  Martha,  second  daughter  of  Samuel  Dod 
1st,  was  her  grandmother,  wife  of  Thomas  Williams.  (See  the  note  on 
Williams  family,  under  Isaac  Dod.)  Also  that  Rebekah,  the  third 
daughter,  was  the  first  wife  of  Joseph  Iledden,  Sen'r,  and  mother  of 
Joseph  Hedden,  Jun'r,  so  distinguished  in  the  Revolutionary  histoiy  of 
Newark  as  a  martyr  to  British  cruelty  and  Tory  vengeance.  In  the  old 
burying  ground  at  Orange  is  the  memorial  of  Rebekah,  wife  of  Joseph 
Hedden,  who  died  May  14,  1745,  aged  42.  Josepli  Hedden,  Jun'r,  an 
active  magistrate  of  Newark  in  the  Revolution,  and  one  of  the  Conunis- 
sioners  for  the  forfeiture  of  the  estates  of  those  who  took  part  with  the 
enemy,  was  driven  from  a  sick  bed  to  New  York  on  a  winter  night,  and 
confined  in  a  loathsome  prison,  and  died  in  consequence  of  the  ill  usage 
received,  in  the  year  1780,  aged  52. 

The  children  of  Joseph  and  Rebekah  Hedden  were  Jonathan,  Elijah. 


184  SAMUEL  DOB  (FIRST.) 

Elienczcr,   David,   Joseph,   and    Martha,  who  married  Coleman, 

Joseph  Hedden,  Jun'r,  left  sous  William,  Moses,  Israel,  James,  Isaac, 
and  a  daughter  Sarah.  Joseph  Hedden,  Sen'r,  had  children  by  a  second 
wife.  He  was  one  of  several  children  of  Edward  Hedden  and  Jane 
Jones.  lu  the  old  Ijurying  ground  at  Newark  is  still  to  be  seen  the 
memorial  of  Jane,  wife  of  Edward  Hedden,  who  died  Feb.  23,  1773, 
aged  105,  proltably  the  oldest  person  that  ever  died  in  Newark. 

Susannah,  the  fourth  daughter  of  Samuel  Dod,  married  a  Baldwin, 
and  had  children.  One  was  also  called  Susannah,  and  married  a  Moses 
Baldwin,  who  lived  near  Jonathan  William's  farm.  (This  Moses  died 
1802,  in  his  44th  year;  his  sister  was  wife  of  Jared  Harrison.)  We 
think  we  have  ascertained  this  Moses  Baldwin  to  be  a  son  of  ]\Ioses 
Baldwin,  and  a  grandson  of  Joseiih  Baldwin,  who  died  Sept.  20,  1776, 
aged  93  years.  We  cannot  say  who  was  his  father-in-law,  the  husliand 
of  Susannah  Dod, 

Hannah,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Samuel  Dod,  married  a  Johnson. 
Mrs.  Smith  recollects  her  and  several  of  her  chihb-cn.  She  was  a  little 
woman.  One  of  her  daughters,  also  named  Hannah,  (who  never  mar- 
ried) was  called  Long  Hannah,  in  contradistinction  to  lier  mother. 
Another  daughter,  Comfort,  also  died  unmarried,  and  in  youth.  A  third 
daughter  Martha,  married  Jonas  Ward.  Mrs.  Smith  cannot  recollect  the 
names  of  the  sons. 


Grandson  Samuel  2d. 

Grandson  Samuel  2d,  son  of  Samuel  ist. 

—.»>«@  ©«...— 

SAMUEL  2d,  son  of  Samuel  1st,  was  born  about  1695, 
and,  as  we  learn  from  his  headstone  at  Orange,  died  April 
16,  1773,  in  his  78th  year.  It  appears  from  the  Town  Eecords 
that  he  was  a  lieutenant  of  militia,  and  was  assessor  of  the 
town  in  1710.  He  married  Mary  Pierson,  who,  says  Rev. 
Stephen  Dod,  died  in  1795,  a  few  days  before  her  son  Samuel. 
From  the  ages  of  their  children,  Samuel  2d  appears,  like  his 
father,  to  have  married  late.*     His  children  were  : 

1.  Martha,  May  20,  1731 ;  married  Matthew  Harrison,  and  died  Oct.  6, 

1793,  aged  61,  by  the  old  family  record;  lier  head-stone  says  GO.f 
Her  husband  died  March  3,  1767,  aged  40. 

2.  Mary,  Dec.  36,  1733. 


*  By  trade  Samuel  Dod  2d  seems  to  have  been  a  carpenter.  On  tlie 
back  of  the  copy  of  his  Family  Record,  preserved  by  his  descendants, 
we  found  an  "  Acompt  of  the  Saw  Mill  upon  Second  River.  Begun  to 
fell  timber  for  the  s"",  Jan.  9,  1728."  He  generally  cliarged  4s.  a  day  for 
himself,  and  2s.  6d.  for  Roljert  Ward,  who  was  probably  his  ajjprentice. 
Among  other  items  we  note  "for  twelve  days  work  a  fraiming;"  also 
several  charges  for  going  to  Mr.  Leonard  at  Hanover  about  the  irons. 

t  I  think  she  was  the  same  widow  Martha  Harrison  who  was  the  second 
wife  of  Daniel  Dod  4th.     She  Avas  a  celebrated  female  doctor  in  her  day. 
24 


186  GRANDSON  SAMUEL  (SECOND.) 

3.  Hannah,  Dec.  18, 1734;  marncd  Samuel  Smith. 

4.  Samuel,  Jan.  11,  1736  ;  died  of  the  small  pox  in  July,  1795. 

5.  Aaron,  Jan.  13,  1738 ;  died  March  19,  1821,  aged  83. 

6.  Rebekah,  Feb.  5,  1740  ;  married  Samuel  Faircliild. 

7.  Keturah,  July  26,  1744. 

8.  Jemima,  March  25,  1747  ;  married  Isaac  Sovcrcll,  ancestor  of  the  Ice 

dealer  of  Orange. 


GREAT-GRANDSON    SAMUEL    3D, 


Daniel  Isl. 


iSamnel  1st.    1st  Dcg. 
Samuel  2d.      2d  Deg. 

Descendants  of  Samuel  3d,  1st  son  of  Samuel  2d. 

SAMUEL  8d,  first  son  of  Samuel  2d,  married,  first,  Eliza-  3d  Deg. 
beth,  daughter  of  Jonas  Hinman.     They  had : 

1.  Jonas,  1763;  died  Aug.  20,  1770,  aged  8  years. 
3.  Naomi,  1764;  died  May  34,  1766,  in  her  3d  year. 

3.  Abiathar,  1766;  died  Aug.  30,  1818,  aged  about  53,  at  Weasel,  on 

tlie  Passaic  River,  near  Paterson. 
Second  wife,  Sarah  Baldwin,  who  died  Oct.  14,  1819,  had  : 

4.  Elizajjeth,  1768;  died  Aug.  20,  1770,  in  her  2d  year. 

5.  Elizabeth,  1774,  died  June  13,  1790,  aged  16. 

6.  Samuel,  Sept.  30, 1776;  died  Jan.  31,  1815,  aged  38. 

7.  Abxer,  1779;  died  in  Bloonifield,  Jan.  17,  1833,  in  his  54th  year. 

8.  Patty;  married  April  38,  1803,  Jacob  K. Mead  of  Bloomfiekl;  after- 

wards Sheriff  of  Essex  Co.* 

9.  Naomi,  Feb.  6,  1785 ;  married  Feb.  7,  1807,  Issachar  Hughes.     She 

died  in  South  Orange,  Feb.  18,  1850. 
10.  Lucy,  married  Jan.  7,  1806,  Joseph  S.  Ward.     She  died  in  Paterson. 


•'^^^^^^f^ff*^ 


AbiathAR,  of  Samuel  3cl,  was  thrice  married.     By  his  first  4tiiDes 
wife,  Cornelia  Cadmus,  married  April  4,  1700,  at  Belleville, 
and  whom  "  cruel  death  took  from  him  Sept.   11,   1802,"  he 
had: 

*  J.  K.  Mead  was  born  Ai^ril  36,  1783,  and  died  May  31,  1848. 


188  GREAT-GRANDSON  SAMUEL  {THIRD.)        [Part  III. 

1.  Cornelia  Cadmus,  Scjjt.  7,  180-.     (Perliaps  1802  ?) 

By  his  second  wife,  Sophia  Coggeswell,  or  Cogswell,  inar- 
ried  March  6,  1810,  in  Newark.     He  had : 

3.  Columbus  Washington  Dodd,  Feb.  6,  1811.  The  young  man  with 
this  ambitious  name*  left  New  Jersey  about  the  year  1830,  and 
went,  it  is  supposed,  to  Darien,  Georgia ;  but  finally  settled  at 
Terre  Haute,  lud.,  where  he  died,  1849. 

3.  Elizabeth  Hinman,  born  May  5,   1812;  died  Sept.  4,  1814.     Her 

mother  died  March  1,  1813. 

By  his  third  wife,  Mary  Bigelow,  married  May  22,  1814, 
Abiathar  Dodd  had : 

4.  AViLLiAM  Bigelow,  April  21,  1815. 

5.  Sally  Maria,  Oct.  6,  1816,  and  died  June  20,  1818. 

6.  Sarah  Maria,  Aug.  6,  1818  ;  married  Beuj.  Britten  ;  lives  at  Galena, 

111.     (The  widow  of  Abiathar  Dodd  was  living  in  Newark  more 
than  20  years  after  his  death.) 


5th Deg.  Columbus  W.,  of  Abiathar,  died  March  22,  1849,  aged  38, 
at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  He  married  Susan  Sutliflf,  Dec.  7, 1835 ; 
and  had : 

1.  William  M.,  born  1836  ;  died  1842. 

2.  Cornelia,  bom  1838 ;  died  1838. 

3.  ZiLPHA,  bom  1839 ;  died  1851. 

4.  Abiathar,  born  1841. 

5.  Mary,  born  1844  :  died  1851. 

6.  Henry  A.,  born  1846. 

7.  George  C,  born  1848. 


*  The  taniily  record  gives  the  name  Columbus  Washington  without 
the  Christ()i)her,  which  liev.  S.  Dodd  prefixes  to  it.  It  is  certainly 
long  enough  as  it  is. 


Sec.  XIV.  J        GREA  T-  GRANDS  ON  SAMUEL  ( THIRD.)  18!) 

William  B.,  of  Abiathar,  lives  at  St.  Peters,  Minnesota.*  stiiDeg 
He  was  born,  lie  states,  in  Bloomfield,  April  21,  1814,  (1815  ?) 
and  married  in  the  city  of  New  York,  Dec.  24, 1885,  to  Phebe 
L.  Taylor,  who  was  born  Feb.  28,  1817,  at  Mamaroneck,  K  Y. 
By  her  he  had  five  children,  the  oldest  born  in  New  York  city, 
the  second  in  Newark,  N.  J,,  and  the  other  three  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y 

1.  Maky  Eleanor,  Oct.  4,  183G. 

2.  Henrietta  Elizabeth,  Oct.  4,  1838. 

3.  Eunice  Jane,  Oct.  4,  1840. 

4.  Theresa  Matilda,  Oct.  4,  1843. 

5.  William  Abiathar,  Nov.  4, 1844. 

(The  bii'tli  of  tlie  first  four  on  the  same  clay  of  the  same  month  is  a 
very  imusual  coincidence.) 

Wm.  B.  Dodd  was  divorced  from  his  wife  Phebe  L.  Taylor,  July  9, 
1850;  and  married  in  New  York  city,  May  4,  1854,  Harriet  N.  Jones, 
who  was  born  Nov,  3,  1828,  in  Cabot,  Vermont.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, bom  at  St.  Peters,  Minn. 

6.  Willis  Gorman,  March  10,  1858. 

7.  John  Vaningen,  Dec.  29,  1859. 

Samuel  4th,  of  Samuel  3d,  married  Jemima  Dodd,  daugh-  4th  Deg 
ter  of  Enos,  of  Thomas.     They  lived  and  died  at  Bloomfield  ; 
had  nine  children : 

1.  Samuel  (5th),  April  7,  1797;  was  an  engraver;  died  in  Bloomfield 
Aug.  1,  1862. 


*  William  B.  Dodd  fell  in  Inittle  with  the  Indians,  in  the  fall  of  1802. 
The  letter  conveying  this  information  says,  "  He  was  a  brave  man,  and 
went  where  others  did  not  dure  to  support  him." 


190  GREAT-GRANDSON  SAMUEL  [TniRD.)        [Paht  III. 

2.  Sarah  Cubry,  Sept.  27, 1798 ;  married  Robert  Dodd,  son  of  Nathaniel, 

Feb.  11,  1821,  and  died  in  Reading,  Pa.,  April  5,  1823,  aged  25. 

3.  Aaron  G.,  Sept.  29,  1800;  died  Nov.  30,  1849,  in  Cincinnati,  Oliio. 

4.  Mary  "W.,  Aug.  5,  1802  ;  married  Clark  Rmiyon,  Sept.  13,  1822;  died 

Feb.  19,  1850,  in  Chicago,  111. 

5.  Martha,  Aug.  25,  1804 ;  married  John  T.  Crew. 

6.  Laurinda,  July  21,  180G  ;  married  Isaac  King. 

7.  Alexander,  Aug.  10, 1808  ;  died  Aug.  29,  1813,  aged  5. 

8.  Eveline,  Sept.  13,  1810;  died  Dec.  1,  1811,  aged  1  year. 

9.  GeorCxE  Adams,  Feb.  6,  1813;  died  Aug.  24,  1813. 


5thDeg.       Samuel  5tb.  married   Eliza   Y.   Baldwin,   of    Bloomfield, 
April  3,  1823,  and  had : 

1.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  Nov.  14,  1825 ;  married  Oct.  27,  1847,  William 

Griff  n. 

2.  Mary  Connet,  Dec.  8,  1827  ;  married  Oct.  21,  1852,  EdAvin  J.  Moore. 

3.  Wm.  Henry  Connet,  Dec.  9, 1830.     Is  an  engraver  in  Newark. 

4.  Samuel  Walter,  Sept.  13,  1833.     Is  an  engraver  in  Newark;  was 

a  private  in  2Gth  Regiment  N.  J.  Vols. 

5.  Frances  Matilda,  Sept.  23,  183G. 

6.  Emma  LomsA,  Aug.  11,  1840. 

0 

6th Dcg.      William  H.  C,  of  Samuel  5th,  married  Sept.  28,  1853, 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Ward,  and  has  : 

1.  Ida  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  20,  18G0. 

2.  Anna  Riggs,  born  Aug.  23d,  18G3. 


5ihDeg.      Aaron    G.,  of  Samuel  -ith,    married  at  Cinciunati,  Dec. 

24,   1823,  Mary  D.  Bigelow,   and  had  ten  children ;  the  5th 

and  6th  born  at  Brookville,  Ind.,  the  rest  in  Cincinnati,  O. 

1,  Louisa  Maria,  Dec.  23,  1824 ;  she  married  Jonathan  A.  Hood,  May 
1,  1842  ;  had  children. 


Sec.  XIV.]        GREAT-GRANDSON  SAMUEL  (TmRD.)  191 

2.  George  Ireland,  Jan,  4,  1837;  married  Rose  A.  Dewitt,  Dec.  25, 

1850  ;  had  four  children  that  died  infants. 

3.  Sarah  Curry,  June  18,  1829;  married  Charles  R.  Faulkner,  Dec. 

10,  1846,  and  had  children. 

4.  Sophia  Irene,  June  22, 1831 ;  married  Benjamin  Simmons,  Nov.  lO' 

1850,  and  had  children. 

5.  S.VMUEL  SiHTH,  Sept.  28,  1833;  married  Ida  Tyler,  June,  1857;  has 

one  daughter,  Mary  Frances,  bom  at  Quincy,  111. 

6.  Horace  Runyon,  March  15,  1835. 

7.  Laura  Ann,  Jiily  10,  1838 ;  died  in  Cincinnati,  June,  1839, 

8.  Ira  Freeman,  Aug.  13,  1840, 

9.  Theodore  Robert,  Nov.  8, 1842;  died  Oct.  13,  1860. 
10.  Edward,  April  17,  1845  ;  died  April  30,  at  two  weeks. 


Abner,  of  Samuel  3d,  married   in    Bloomfield,  Jan.   26,  4tiiDeg. 
1800,  Betsey  Caufield,  and  had : 

1.  Eliza,  born  1801 ;  married  John  Harrington,  and  had  four  children; 

Ann  Elizabeth,  who  married  Wm.  Hall ;  Joanna  S.,  Louisa,  Mary, 
who  died  young, 

2.  Abner,  bom  in  Bloomfield,  Oct.  30,  1803  ;  lives  in  Newark, 
8.  John  M.,  1806  ;  is  a  mechanic;  lives  in  New  York. 

4.  Ann,  born  1807. 

Abner  Dodd  married,  secondly,  Charlotte  "Walter,  and  had  : 

5,  Sarah,  married  Henry  Robinson  ;  had  6  children, 

6.  Charlotte. 

7,  lyiARY,  who  was  killed  l^y  a  horse  when  a  child,  about  4  years  old. 

(Charlotte  W.,  widow  of  Abner  Dodd,  died  at  East  Bloomfield,  Nov. 
12,  1861,  in  her  81st  year.) 


Abner  2d,  of  Abner,  married  April  6,  1829,  Ann  L.  Har-  sthDear. 

rison  of  Newark,  and  had : 

1,  Henrietta  C,  Jan.  23,  1830;  married  April  15,  1845,  Reuben  Fred- 
eric Harford,  of  Portland,  Me. 


192  iGREAf-GItANDSON  SAMUEL  {THIRD.)        [Part  III. 

2.  Mary  Caroline,  Feb.  11,  1831 ;  married  John  V.  Tracy.     She  died 

April  10,  1857. 

3.  Abby  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  17,  1833;  married  June  13,  1850,  John 

W.  Stryker. 

4.  Julia  Adelaide,  bom  Aug.  33,  1836;  married  Oct.  8,  1863,  Charles 

Edwin  Aymar. 

5.  Charles  Edgar,  Nov.  6,  1838. 

6.  George  Whitfield,  April  9,  1841. 

7.  Anna  Cornelia,  Nov.  11,  1847. 


5thDeg.  John  M.,  of  Abner,  married,  1829,  Sarah  Ann  Conklin^ 
who  was  born  1811,  and  died  1840 ;  had  daughters  and  one 
son  that  died  in  infancy.  Second  wife,  Deborah  Jane  Bennet, 
born  1821,  in  Monmouth  Co.,  JST.  J.;  married,  1842;  had, 
besides  daughters,  two  sons ;  all  the  children  of  John  M. 
Dodd,  six  by  each  wife,  were  born  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
The  first  wife's  children : 

1.  Louisa,  born  1829  ;  died  1885. 
3.  Sarah,  born  1833;  died  1835. 

3.  John  Conklin,  bom  1834  ;  died  1835. 

4.  Elizabeth  Ward,  born  1836.* 

5.  Sarah  A.  M.  bom  1838  ;  died  1857. 

6.  Helen  Mar. 

The  second  wife's  children : 

7.  John  Mingis,  (Jr.,)  born  1843. 

8.  Mary  Catharine,  born  1844  ;  died  1853. 

9.  Louis  Frederick,  born  1846. 

10.  Caroline  Ross,  born  1853. 

11.  EmHjY,  bom  1855. 

13.  Gertrude,  bom  1858. 

*  Elizabeth  W.  married,  1860,  Heniy  Clay  Tanner,  of  New  York. 


GREAT-GRANDSON     AARON. 

r  Daniel  Ist. 
__..„9@9^„ —  ^  Samuel   1st.    Ist  Deg. 

'  Samuel  2a.     2d  Deg. 

Descendants  of  Aaron,  2d  son  of  Samuel  2d. 

EXTINCT   BRANCH   (iN   MALE   LINE.) 


A 


AEON,  of  Samuel  2d,  married  Sarah  Nutman.     She  3d  Deg 
died  Sept.  26,  1805,  aged  60.     They  had: 


1.  Mary,  married  Rev.  Amzi  Armstrong.     She  died  at  Amboy,  Dec.  13, 
1826,  and  was  bmied  at  Bloomfield.     Her  husband  died  in  March, 

1837,  aged  about  53.  Their  son,  Amzi  Armstrong,  was  an  eminent 
lawyer  of  Newark,  and   member  of  the  Legislative  Council  in 

1838.  He  died  April  14,  1845,  of  consumption,  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  aged  88.* 

3.  Job,  died  wdth  cholera  in  1834,  aged  58. 

3.  Rebbkah,  was  the  first  wife  of  Hon.  Samuel  D.  Ingham  of  Pennsyl- 

vania, (Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under  General  Jackson.)  She 
died  many  years  ago  ;  her  husband  died  at  Trenton,  June  5,  1860, 
in  his  81st  year. 

4.  Joanna,  died  Sept.  27,  1815,  aged  31. 

5.  Robert,  who  mariied  Rebekah  Randal,  had  a  daughter  Joanna  Mary, 

Oct.  38,  1818,  and  died  of  consumption  about  1820.  Joanna  M. 
maiTied,  Jan.  7,  1846,  her  second  cousin,  Theodore  Mead,  son  of 
Jacob  K.  Mead  and  Patty  Dodd ;  has  five  children. 

6.  George  Adams,  died  Feb.  5,  1813,  in  his  24th  year. 

This  Aaron  seems  to  have  been  the  last  survivor  of  the  31  great- 
grandsons  of  Daniel  1st. 


*  Albert  Pierson,  now  of  Orange,   (formerly  principal  of  a  Seminary 
at  Bloomfield,)  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Rev.  Amzi  and  Mary  Arm- 
strong, April  7,  1837. 
35 


Grandson  Jonathan. 

Grandson  Jonathan,  youngest  son  of  Samuel  1st. 

EXTINCT   BKANCn    (iN   MALK   LINE.) 

JONATHAN  DOD,  youngest  son  of  Samuel  1st,  as  we 
learn  from  a  monument  in  the  Old  Grave  Yard  at  Newark, 
died  Nov.  22, 1732,  in  his  27th  year.  He  married  Hannah  Nut- 
man,  (sister  to  the  wife  of  Amos  Williams,)  and  left  one  son 
Jonathan.  His  widow  married  Jonathan  Sergeant,  had  two 
daughters  by  him,  and  died  July  1-1,  17-13,  aged  31 ;  hence  it  ap- 
pears she  was  only  23  at  the  death  of  her  first  husband.  The 
younger  Jonathan  Dod  is  named  in  the  will  of  his  uncle,  Rev. 
John  Nutman,  1751-2,  showing  that  he  lived  to  man's  estate ; 
but  whether  or  not  he  left  any  descendants  is  not  now  known. 
We  note  that,  in  1735,  the  lauds  of  Jonathan  Dod  were  in 
possession  of  Cornelius  Low. 


^PPEi^DIX. 


REV.  JOHN  DOD.* 

[  From  Brookes'  Lives  of  the  Puritans,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  1.] 

JOHN  DOD,  A.  M.  This  celebrated  divine  was  bom  at  Sliotwicli  in 
Cliesliire,  about  the  year  1549,  was  the  youngest  of  seventeen  children, 
and  educated  in  Jesus  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  continued  nearlj"- 
sixteen  years,  and  was  chosen  Fellow  of  the  house.  Duiing  his  abode  in 
the  University,  he  became  thoroughly  convinced  of  his  sins,  betook  himself 
to  deep  humiliation,  and  earnestly  sought  the  blessing  of  pardon  and  peace 
through  Jesus  Christ;  which,  to  his  unspeakable  comfort,  he  at  last  obtained. 
While  at  Cambridge,  he  was  particularly  intimate  with  Drs.  Fulke,  Chad- 
dcrton,  AVliitaker  and  others,  who  held  their  weekly  meetings  for  prayer 
and  expounding  the  Scriptures.  In  the  year  1615,  a  divine  of  the  same 
name,  and  no  doubt  the  same  jjerson,  was  elected  Proctor  of  the  University. 
Having  received  an  invitation  to  liecome  jjastor  of  Hanwell  in  Oxfordshire, 
he  left  the  University,  and  entered  on  the  stated  exercise  of  the  Christian 
ministry.  His  labors  at  Hanwell  were  numerous,  and  most  extensively 
useful.  It  is  observed  that  hundreds  of  souls  were  at  this  place  converted 
under  his  ministry.  He  was  about  thirty  years  old  when  he  first  settled 
at  Hanwell,  and  remained  there  about  twenty  years,  where  he  had  twelve 
children  by  his  first  wife,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Nicholas  Bound.  After  her 
death,  he  took  a  second  wife,  and  was  married  by  his  old  friend.  Dr.  William 
George. 

Mr.  Dod's  great  popularity  and  usefulness  in  the  above  situation  roused 
the  envy  of  several  neighboring  ministers,  who,  though  they  seldom  preached 
themselves,  would  not  allow  their  people  to  go  and  hear  him  ;  and  for 
the  singular  crime  of  multitudes  flocking  to  his  ministry,  he  was  several 
times  questioned  in  the  BishoiDs'  Court  !  In  addition  to  this,  being  exercised 
with  some  other  trials,  he  was  induced  to  consult  Mr.  Grcenham,  his 
excellent  father-in-law.     This  reverend  divine,  after  hearing  his  complaints, 

*  See  Introduction,  p.  10. 


196  ^  APPENDIX. 

said,  "  Son,  son,  T\-lien  affliction  lieth  heavy,  sin  lietli  liglit ;''  and  gave  Mr- 
Dod  such  suitable  advice  that  he  had  abundant  cause  to  bless  God  for  it, 
and  found  it  of  excellent  use  all  the  rest  of  his  days.  However  he  was 
at  length  suspended  from  his  ministry  at  Hanwell  by  Dr.  Bridges,  Bishop 
of  Oxford.  Being  driven  from  his  affectionate  and  beloved  people,  he 
preached  a  short  time  at  Fenny  Compton  in  Warwickshire,  then  accepted 
an  in^-itation  to  Canons  Ashby  in  Northamptonshire.  In  the  latter  situa- 
tion he  was  treated  with  peculiar  kindness  by  Sir  Erasmus  Diydcn,  a 
gentleman  of  great  learning  and  piety  ;  but  he  did  not  long  continue 
without  molestation,  for  upon  the  complaint  of  Bishojj  Neile,  he  was  silenced 
by  the  Archbishop. 

Though  this  excellent  divine  was  cast  aside,  he  did  not  remain  idle.  "When 
nis  efforts  at  public  usefulness  were  set  aside,  he  went  from  house  to  house, 
giving  jirivate  instnictions ;  and  by  his  pious  discourse  and  holy  deportment, 
he  was  nearly  as  useful  as  when  he  enjoyed  his  public  ministry.  He 
was  particularly  desirous  of  a  more  pure  reformation  of  the  church,  and 
therefore  united  with  his  brethren  in  subscribing  the  "  Book  of  Discipline." 
He  continued  under  the  above  suspension  several  years.  But  on  the  accession 
of  King  James,  Sir  Richard  Kniglibly  procured  him  his  liberty,  and  he 
renewed  his  ministerial  labors  at  Fausley  in  Northamptonshire,  where  he 
continued,  in  great  reputation  and  usefulness,  all  the  rest  of  his  days.  Here 
also  he  felt  the  iron  rod  of  the  prelates  ;  and,  as  in  the  three  former  situations, 
he  was,  for  a  time,  suspended  from  his  ministry. 

Mr.  Dod  was  a  jDattem  of  patience.  He  bore  his  numerous  trials  with 
great  meekness  of  spirit,  and  holy  resignation  to  the  -R-ill  of  God.  He 
used  to  say :  "  Sanctified  affections  are  spiritual  promotions."  In  the  sixty- 
third  year  of  his  age,  he  labored  under  extreme  bodily  afl^ction,  and  was 
brought  to  the  very  brink  of  the  grave  ;  but  when  the  physician,  who 
gave  a  check  to  his  complaint,  told  him  he  then  had  some  hopes  of  his 
recovery,  the  good  old  man  replied,  "  You  think  to  comfort  me  by  what 
you  say ;  but  you  make  me  sad.  It  is  the  same  as  if  you  had  told  one 
who  had  been  sorely  weather  beaten  at  sea,  and  was  expectmg  to  enter 
the  desired  haven,  that  he  must  return  to  sea,  to  be  tossed  by  fresh  winds 
and  waves." 

This  venerable  divine  used  to  say,  "  Nothing  shall  hurt  us  but  sin,  and 
that  shall  not  hurt  us,  if  we  can  repent  of  it.  Afflictions  are  God's  portions 
which  we  may  sweeten  by  faith  and  jjrayer  ;  but  we  often  make  them 
bitter  by  putting  into  God's  cup  the  ingredients  of  impatience  and  imbelief " 

During  the  civil  war  [between  King  and  Parliament,]  when  some  of 
the  King's  party  came  to  his  house,  and  threatened  to  take  away  his  life, 
this  heavenly  divine  with  holy  confidence  rejjlied,  "  If  you  do,  you  will 
send  me  to  heaven  where  I  long  to  be,  but  you  can  do  nothing  except  God 


REV.    JOHN  D  OB.  '  197 

give  you  leave."  When  tliey  broke  open  liis  chests  and  cupboards,  and 
carried  away  what  they  pleased,  his  only  complaint  was,  "  The  Lord  gave, 
cmd  the  Lord  has  talen  away.  Messed  he  the  name  of  the  Lordy  When  they 
came  a  second  time,  he  was  confined  to  his  bed  by  sickness,  but  though 
they  cut  away  the  curtains  from  his  bed,  and  took  the  pillow  cases  from 
under  his  head,  he  uttered  not  a  murmuring  word.  Coming  a  third  time, 
and  having  taken  most  of  the  linen  and  household  stuflF,  and  brought 
them  into  the  room  where  the  good  old  man  sat  wanning  himself  by 
the  fire,  he,  during  their  absence  to  search  for  more,  took  a  pair  of  sheets 
and  put  them  under  the  cushion  on  which  he  sat,  greatly  pluaping  himself 
after  they  were  gone,  that  he  had  plundered  the  plunderers,  and  by  a  lawful 
robljery  saved  so  much  of  his  property. 

Mr.  Dod  was  exceedingly  beloved,  though  not  without  his  enemies.  These, 
out  of  malice,  stigmatized  him  Faith  and  Repentance,  because  he  was  con- 
stantly recommending  these  two  things. 

Though  he  was  a  strict  non-conformist,  and  bore  his  share  of  suffeiings 
in  the  cause,  he  was  of  a  most  liberal  spirit,  and  loved  all  who  loved  Christ. 

As  old  age  and  afHictions  came  upon  him,  he  usually  compared  himself 
to  Samson,  when  his  hair  was  cut ;  saying,  "  I  rise  in  the  morning  as 
Samson  did,  and  think  I  will  go  forth  as  at  other  times,  but  alas  !  I  soon 
find  an  alteration :  I  must  stoop  to  old  age,  which  both  clips  my  hair,  and 
takes  away  my  strength.  But  I  am  not  afraid  to  look  death  in  the  face.  I 
can  say,  death  where  is  thy  sting  ?  Death  cannot  hiui  me.  To  a  wicked 
man,  death  is  unwelcome ;  but  to  a  child  of  God,  who  hath  labored  and 
suffered  much,  death  is  welcome,  that  he  may  rest  from  his  labors."  During 
his  last  sickness,  he  was  exercised  with  most  grievous  i)ains,  but  was  emi- 
nently supported  and  comforted  in  the  exercise  of  faith  and  i^atience.  He 
wrestled  hard  with  Satan,  and  at  last  overcame.  His  last  words  were,  "  I 
desire  to  dissolve  and  be  with  Christ."  He  finished  his  course  and  received 
the  crown  of  righteousness  in  the  year  1645,  aged  ninety-six  years,  when  his 
remains  were  interred  in  Fausley  church. 

Many  cotemporary  wiiters  bear  high  testimony  to  Mr.  Dod's  learning, 
piety,  and  love  of  peace.  Granger  observes  that  "  in  learning  he  was 
excelled  by  few,  and  in  unaifected  piety  by  none.  Nothing  was  ever 
objected  to  this  meek  and  humble  man  but  his  being  a  Puritan.  His 
sayings  have  often  been  printed,  and  are  still  to  be  seen  pasted  on  the  walls 
of  cottages."  An  old  woman  in  his  neighborhood,  he  adds,  told  him  that 
she  would  have  gone  distracted  for  the  loss  of  her  husband,  if  she  had  been 
without  Mr.  Dod's  sayings  in  the  house. 

It  is  recorded  of  Mr.  Dod  that  one  evening,  being  late  in  his  study,  his 
mind  was  strongly  impressed,  though  he  could  assign  no  reason  for  it,  to 
visit  a  gentleman  of  his  acquaintance,   at  a  very  unseasonable  hour.    Not 


198  APPENDIX. 

knowing  the  design  of  Providence,  lie  obeyed  and  went.  When  he  came 
to  the  house,  after  knocking  a  few  times  at  the  door,  the  gentleman  himself 
came,  and  enquired  whether  he  wanted  him  upon  any  particular  business. 
Mr.  Dod  having  answered  in  the  negative,  and  signified  that  he  could 
not  rest  till  he  had  seen  him,  the  gentleman  reiDlied,  "  Oh  sir,  you  are  sent 
of  God  at  this  very  hour,  fori  was  just  now  going  to  destroy  myself;''  and 
immediately  pulled  the  halter  out  of  his  pocket,  by  which  he  had  intended 
to  connnit  the  horrid  deed.     Thus  the  mischief  was  prevented. 

It  is  observed  of  Mr.  Dod  that  a  person  being  once  enraged  at  his  close 
and  awakening  doctrine,  picked  a  quarrel  with  him,  smote  him  in  the  face, 
and  dashed  out  two  of  his  teeth.  This  meek  and  lowly  servant  of  Christ, 
without  taking  any  offence,  spit  out  his  teeth  and  blood  into  Ms  hand,  and 
said,  "  See  here,  you  have  knocked  out  two  of  my  teeth  without  any  just 
provocation,  but  on  condition  I  might  do  your  soul  good,  I  would  give 
you  leave  to  dash  out  all  the  rest."  Thus  Mr.  Dod  was  not  overcome  of 
evil,  but  overcame  evil  with  good.     [These  two  anecdotes  are  from  Flavel.] 

Mr.  Timothy  Dod,  ejected  in  1G73,  was  his  son,  and  imitated  the  amiable 
virtues  of  his  excellent  father.  Old  Mr.  Dod  was  commonly  called  the 
Decalogist,  because  he  and  Mr.  Eoljcrt  Cleaver,  another  Puritan  minister^ 
pulilished  "  An  Exposition  of  the  Ten  Commandants,"  1G35.  They  also 
published  "  The  Patrimony  of  Christian  Children ;"  and  were  the  authors  of 
"  Ten  Sermons  to  fit  men  for  the  worthy  receiving  of  the  Lord's  Supper.' 
Mr.  Dod,  it  is  said,  was  the  author  of  that  singular  and  well  known  little 
sermon  on  the  word  MALT.  Bishop  Wilkins  passed  a  high  encomium  on 
his  sermons. 


ALBERT   B.    DOD,  D.  D; 


PROFESSOR  DOD'S  brief  career  was  one  of  unusual  brilliancy  ;  and 
his  death,  was  moiuiied  as  a  public  calamity.  How  high  the  estimate  in 
which  he  was  held,  and  how  profound  and  general  the  sorrow  occasioned 
by  his  departure,  all  the  references  to  that  event  made  in  the  various  news- 
papers at  the  time  abundantly  testify.  In  the  absence  of  anything  more 
complete  and  elaborate,  having  been  disappointed  in  not  receiving  the  full 
sketch  of  his  life  and  character  hoped  for  up  to  the  last  moment,  we  know 
not  that  we  can  do  better  than  — availing  ourselves  of  the  tiles  of  the 
Newark  Daily  Advertiser  for  the  year  1845 — to  reiiroduce  some  of  these 
notices  of  the  cotemiierary  press.  Each  of  these  has  the  value  of  an 
independent  testimony  ;  and  so,  notwithstanding  their  similarity  of  character, 
they  are  allowed  to  stand  for  the  most  part  just  as  they  ajjpeared ;  considering 
that  the  objection  which  may  be  raised  on  the  score  of  repetition,  is  more 
than  counterbalanced  by  the  confirmation  thereby  afforded  to  the  justness 
of  the  general  estimate,  and  the  exalted  worth  of  the  subject.  The  language 
emjjloyed,  it  will  be  perceived,  is  uniformly  that  of  glowing  eulogy ;  and 
should  the  evident  warmth  of  appreciation  which  characterizes  all  these 
sejiarate  utterances,  in  the  minds  of  the  coldly  critical,  beget  the  suspicion, 
that  some  consideration  is  due  to  the  enthusiasm  of  friendship,  it  would 
not,  we  conceive,  aficct  materially  the  value  of  the  verdict ;  for  the  social 
and  moral  qualities  capaljle  of  exciting  feelings  of  such  fervency,  as 
essentially  to  disturb  the  oj^erations  of  the  judgment,  are  quite  as  rare  and 
admirable,  and  would  form  a  distinction,  to  say  the  least,  equally 
honorable. 

The  Newark  Daily  Advertiser  in  making  the  melancholy  announcement 
of  his  death  on  the  day  following,  marks  its  sense  of  the  greatness  of  the  loss 
by  appearing  in  mourning,  and  says  :  "  If  worth  be  measured  by  the  attributes 
of  head  and  heart,  New  Jersey  has  no  worthier  living  son.  He  was  the  i^ro- 
found  and  successful  enquirer  for  truth  in  the  range  of  abstract  science ;  the 
patient  student  whose  toil  was  rewarded  by  the  golden  stores  of  learning ;  an 
accomplished  public  writer  ;  an  eloquent  preacher  ;  a  skillful  and  successful 
teacher.  His  fame,  extensive  as  his  country,  is  his  best  eulogy.  But  who 
shall  fill  his  place  in  all  the  associations  which  he  adorned  ?    In  the  social 

*  See  pp.  140-143. 


900  APPENDIX. 

circle,  the  bereaved  family,  tlie  venerable  college  ?  The  loss  to  some  of  these 
is  irreparable." 

The  gifted  pen  of  the  editor  (Hon.  William  B.  Kinney,  subsequently  our 
Charge  d'  Affaires  at  Turin)  Avhich  would  seem  never  to  grow  weary  in 
the  grateful  task  of  rendering  affectionate  and  honorable  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  a  deceased  friend,  returns  again  to  the  subject  in  a  letter 
written  from  Princeton  giving  an  account  of  the  funeral  services  which 
took  place  on  the  Saturday  following  his  death.  Under  date  of  Nov.  23,  1845, 
he  writes :  "  A  solemn  day  in  Princeton,  one  of  those  occasions  in  human 
life,  which  blend  together  by  a  common  sympathy  into  a  common  brother- 
hood men  of  every  circle  and  degree,  and  everything  around  and  about  us 
accordingly  wears  the  aspect  of  the  general  sorrow  and  affliction.  Where 
all  are  mourners,  the  mere  badges  of  ceremony  pass  for  little,  but  it  is  proper 
to  say  that  the  Trustees,  Faculty  and  Students  of  the  bereaved  College 
appeared  in  a  body  to  unite  with  the  members  of  the  other  literary  institutions 
of  the  place,  the  sympathizing  people  of  the  town,  and  a  numerous  body 
of  the  clergy  and  other  friends  from  abroad,  in  these  last  services  of 
affection  and  respect  to  the  remains  of  one  whose  death  is  the  common  loss. 
The  funeral  services  were  conducted  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  which 
was  filled  in  every  part — the  coffin  being  placed  in  front  of  the  j^uljiit. 

"  The  services  were  oi^ened  with  a  hymn  by  the  choir,  after  which  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Miller  led  the  congregation  in  prayer  to  the  Throne  of  Mercy,  The 
venerable  President  of  the  College  (Rev.  Dr.  Carnahan,)  then  appropriately 
discoursed  at  some  length  upon  the  consolatory  text  :  '  The  Lord 
reigneth.'  Since  the  last  term  closed,  lie  remarked,  an  eminent  Trustee 
and  two  Students  had  been  removed  by  death ;  and  now  they  were  called 
upon  to  mom-n  the  loss  of  a  great  light  extinguished  at  noon-day.  He 
adverted  with  deep  feeling  to  the  great  ability  and  fidelity  of  Prof  Dod, 
in  the  discharge  of  every  duty,  and  referred  to  the  fact  that  for  the  18 
years  the  lamented  deceased  was  connected  with  the  Faculty,  the  greatest 
harmony  had  prevailed  among  its  members  upon  every  toinc  of  discipline 
and  instruction.  In  recurring  to  the  lieavy  bereavement,  he  spoke  at  length 
and  with  beautiful  discrimination  of  those  rare  endowments — the  intuitive 
mind,  the  various  learning,  the  refined  taste,  the  brilliant  genius,  high 
morality,  and  attractive  social  qualities  which  made  him  one  of  the  shining 
lights  of  his  day. 

"  The  Rev.  Dr.  Hodge  followed.  He  stated  substantially  and  in  part  that 
probably  on  some  other  occasion  full  justice  would  be  done  to  the  character 
of  the  deceased  ;  his  special  ol)jcct  now  was  to  sjDcak  of  his  last  illness, 
and  the  moving  circumstances  which  clustered  so  thickly  around  it. 
He  premised  however  that  Prof  Dod  was  in  various  respects  a  remarkable 
man,  learning  by  intuition   comparatively  those  things  to   acquire  which, 


ALBERT  B.  BOB,  B.  B.  201 

exacted  from  other  men  the  bestowment  of  much  toil ;  that  his  aptness  to 
perceive  mathematical  trutli  was  only  equalled  by  the  elegance  of  his 
demonstration  of  it ;  that  his  attainments  did  not  terminate  here,  but 
extended  to  every  branch  of  science ;  that  the  prevailing  trait  of  his  mind 
was  order,  and  this  was  beautifully  manifested  in  his  last  hours.  When 
numerous  topics  were  pressing  upon  the  mind,  and  in  view  of  an  almost 
present  eternity,  were  clamoring  for  precedence,  he  calmly  tcok  them  up  and 
discussed  them  in  turn. 

"  He  first  spoke  of  his  family,  of  his  deep  anxiety  on  their  account,  but  on 
being  reminded  by  this  wife  where  to  place  his  trust,  he  acquiesced,  and 
returned  to  his  topic  no  more.  He  then  referred  to  his  own  hopes  of 
Heaven,  to  his  long  settled  convictions  of  truth  and  duty,  and  expressed 
unwaveiing  faith  in  Him  in  whom  he  had  believed.  He  next  desired 
to  see  the  Faculty,  but  it  being  late  at  night.  Professor  Maclean  only 
was  sent  for,  and  upon  his  appearing,  he  addressed  him  as  their  representative, 
and  sent  a  message  of  love  to  each  of  them,  to  his  class  and  the  students. 
The  next  morning  he  took  leave  of  his  colleagues  in  the  Faculty,  gave 
instructions  resjjecting  the  care  and  education  of  his  children— parted 
with  those  Mends  who  were  present,  by  addressing  to  each  a  solemn 
admonition,  and  to  those  friends  who  were  absent,  he  sent  assurances 
of  his  esteem.  During  Wednesday  last  many  quotations  from  the  Scriptures, 
were  repeated  to  him,  and  he  generally  replied  to  each  one,  '  Thank  you 
for  that.'  But  upon  repeating  to  him  1st  Cor.  i,  30,  he  made  no  response, 
when  a  friend  standing  by,  remarked,  '  He  did  not  hear  that.'  He  in- 
stantly exclaimed,  '  Yes  I  did,  it  sunk  into  my  soul.' 

"  The  statement  of  Dr.  Hodge  contained  abundant  evidence  how  a  great 
and  good  man  can  die,  but  this  evidence  is  scarcely  hinted  at  here,  hopes 
being  entertained  that  it  will  be  published  together  with  the  President's 
discourse,  in  a  volume.  During  its  delivery,  the  greatest  solemnity  prevaded 
the  assembly,  and  at  times,  it  was  with  the  greatest  apparent  difficulty, 
that  the  speaker  could  proceed.  Dr.  Rice  closed  the  services  with  prayer 
after  which  the  sad  procession  with  its  lengthened  files,  repaired  to  the 
old  village  grave-yard,  and  deposited  the  remains  of  their  friend,  among 
the  departed  officers  of  the  College.  Dr.  Miller  here  read  the  last  eight 
verses  of  the  1st  chapter  of  1st  Cor.,  being  verses  often  referred  to,  and 
repeated  by  the  deceased  in  his  last  illness,  and  the  assembly  was  then 
dismissed.     Albert  B.  Dod  now  sleeps  at  the  feet  of  Samuel  Davies." 

The  Advertiser  of  the  same  date,  (Monday  Nov.  24,)  contains  a  dis- 
course delivered  on  the  day  previous  in  the  1st  Presbyterian  church  of 
Newark,  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  I.  Prime,  D.  D.,  then  and  now  the  able  Editor 
of  the  New  York  Obsei-ver,  of  which  the  following  is  a  part :  "A  recent  mourn- 
ful dispensation  of  Divine  Providence  has  deprived  the  State  of  one  of  its 
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203  APPENDIX. 

distinguished  nion ;  its  venerable  College  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments  ;  the 
church  one  of  its  most  promising  sons.  *  *  *  -pi^jg  jg  ^q^  ^]|g  time,  nor  is  he 
who  sjjeaks  the  i^erson  to  jironounce  the  words  of  eulogy.  His  record  is  in  the 
hearts  of  hundreds  that  have  felt  the  impress  of  his  genius,  the  power  of  his 
counsels,  the  M'armth  of  his  love.  As  a  scholar  he  was  far  in  advance  of 
men  of  his  years.  As  a  man  of  talents  he  had  no  superior  among  us. 
Rarely  do  we  find  such  a  harmonious  blending  of  the  powers  of  mind. 
Never  did  I  know  an  instance  in  which  the  imagination  and  judgment  were 
combined  in  such  vast  pro2)ortions. 

'  Where  Fancy  halted,  weary  in  her  flight 
In  other  men,  his  fresh  as  morning  rose. 
And  soared  untrodden  heights  and  seemed  at  home 
WTiere  angels  bashful  'looked.' 

"  As  a  champion  of  the  truth  he  was  earnest,  able  and  successful ;  and 
as  the  highest  and  noblest  excellence  of  his  character,  he  brought  all 
these  gifts  of  God,  tliese  vast  attainments  of  years  of  toil,  and  laid  them 
at  the  feet  of  Jesus.  His  talents  and  acquirements  were  consecrated  to 
Christ;  were  baptized  with  the  blood  of  the  Cross,  and  devoted  to  Him, 
on  whom  he  leaned  in  a  dying  hour  for  the  salvation  of  his  own  soul. 
It  seems  but  yesterday,  (it  was  but  a  few  weeks  ago,)  that  he  sat  at  my 
table  in  this  city  and  wrote  these  words ;  beautifully  expressive  of  his  own 
spiiit  and  his  own  exiJerience.  The  subject  of  remark  was  the  blessedness 
to  ourselves  of  personal  effort  for  the  salvation  of  our  fellow  men.  He 
wrote  (and  those  of  you  who  knew  him,  will  recall  him  as  I  read)  : 

'The  ancient  Greeks  had  a  saying  that  if  a  man  had  seen  a  gpd,  he  must  die.  The 
idea  was,  that  he  who  had  had  communion  with  the  imseen  world,  the  spiritual  universe 
of  the  gods,  was  unfitted  for  the  duties  of  this.  If  he  had  once  tasted  of  the  power  of 
the  world  to  come,  it  only  remained  for  him  to  shake  oflf  the  dust  of  his  feet,  and  take 
his  departure.  Such  is  not  our  teaching,  and  such  was  not  the  spirit  of  Paul  retiring 
from  an  audience  ■with  God  in  glory.  He  came  not  back  to  scorn  the  world,  and  to 
neglect  the  labors  that  his  existence  here  should  impose,  but  to  go  through  it  in  the 
spirit  of  his  Master,  saying  "I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ  -that  strengtheneth  mc.'" 
Let  this  spirit  come  in  contact  with  men  of  the  world,  and  they  will  feel  it.  Unbelief  is 
the  great  crying  sin  of  the  age ;  men  do  not  believe  the  reality  of  the  truths  which  the 
Gospel  reveals ;  these  truths  hang  over  them  like  the  painted  vapors  that  are  exhaled  from 
the  solid  earth,  which  may  amuse  them  for  a  moment,  but  have  no  power  to  divert  from 
the  pursuit  of  the  sensible  realities  around  them.  No  human  agency  has  such  powerful 
tendency  to  convert  these  shadowy  abstractions  into  real  truths,  as  contact  with  the 
human  heart, — that  is,  visibly  living  and  acting  under  their  influence.  Let  the  christian 
in  the  exercise  of  the  self-denying  benevolence  of  his  calling,  visit  the  cabins  of  those 
who  are  living  for  this  world,  and  he  cannot  but  be  startled  by  the  exhibition  of  reality 
and  power  in  truths  and  principles  to  which  they  are  strangers.  It  is  a  revelation  to 
them  of  a  spiritual  world,  real  and  vital.  It  is  a  sprinkling  from  the  spray  of  the  infinite 
ocean  of  God's  love.' 

''  Thus  he  wrote.  Did  he  feel  the  dashing  of  the  spray  from  the  ocean  of  infinite 


ALBERT  B.  DOB,  D.D.  203 

love  while  here  ?  He  bathes  to-day  in  the  swelling  tide.  There  is  joy  to  our  tried 
hearts  in  that  iDrecious  assurance,  '  What  thou  knowest  not  now,  thou  shalt 
know  hereafter.'  " 

The  State  Gazette  pulilished  at  Trenton,  the  next  day  after  his  death 
speaks  thus :  "  Professor  Dod  died  yesterday  afternoon,  an  affliction  of 
the  heaviest  kind — the  loss  of  a  man  eminent  for  talents  and  exerting  a  com- 
manding influence  for  good,  has  fallen  suddenly  upon  us.  Those  who  sufi'er 
this  loss  cannot  yet  ajipreciate  its  magnitude,  yet  they  feel  that  it  is  irreparable. 
An  acute  and  powerful  intellect,  extensive  and  accurate  learning,  an  exquisite 
taste,  a  lively  and  brilliant  genius,  a  high  toned  spirit,  zealous  for  the  right 
and  indignant  at  the  wrong,  an  elastic  and  indefatigable  mind  have  per- 
ished. What  is  man,  when  so  much  of  his  best  and  most  distinguished 
attributes  thus  vanish  in  a  week  ?' 

"  The  deceased  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  College  of  New  Jersey. 
He  also  lectured  on  Architecture,  for  which  he  had  a  passion,  and  in  which, 
as  in  all  the  fine  arts,  he  had  a  critical  and  excellent  taste.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  active  and  brilliant  ofiicers  of  the  Faculty,  and  a  shining  ornament  of 
this  venerable  institution." 

The  New  York  Courier  and  Enquirer  of  the  same  day  contains  the  following ; 
"  Professor  Dod,  of  Princeton,  is  dead.  He  breathed  his  last  yesterday 
afternoon  (Thursday)  at  about  half-past  four  o'clock — after  a  week's  illness. 
The  College  of  New  Jersey,  of  which  the  deceased  was  a  distinguished  Pro- 
fessor, will  long  mourn  its  ii'reparable  loss — the  Church,  of  which  he  was  a 
learned  and  eloquent  minister — the  country,  of  which  he  was  an  intelligent, 
patriotic  and  faithful  citizen — the  friendly  and  the  family  circle,  of  which  he 
was  the  hope  and  the  ornament — each  will  mourn  a  dispensation,  so  little 
anticipated,  so  inscrutable,  so  overwhelming. 

"  Albert  B.  Dod  had  reached  his  fortieth  year,  he  was  therefore  in  the  vigor 
and  promise  of  life;  with  all  of  his  faculties  bent  to  the  accomplishment  of  the 
great  trust  to  which  he  had  devoted  himself — that  of  advancing  and  perfecting 
liberal  education.  His  department  in  the  College  was  Mathematics,  but  his  in- 
tellectual grasp  comprehended  all  the  kindred  sciences — and  Ms  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge, combuaed  wdth  a  discriminating  taste,  led  him  to  the  cultivation  and 
appreciation  of  the  Classics  and  Belles  Lettres.  He  was  indeed  a  fine  illustration 
of  an  accomplished  scholar  and  Christian  gentleman — showing  in  all  things  the 
liberalizing  influence  of  good  studies  upon  an  ingenuous  nature. 

"  In  his  intercourse  with  the  students  of  the  College  Mr.  Dod  was  most  happy 
in  conciliating  their  regard,  while  exciting  their  emulation.  He  taught  them 
to  value  knowledge,  as  much  by  his  example  as  his  precepts,  and  he  in  like 
manner  taught  them,  too,  that  neither  talents  nor  knowledge  are  valuable,  or 
to  be  valued,  except  as  founded  on,  and  strengthened  by  good  principles  and 
good  conduct. 


204  APPENDIX. 

"  Of  his  social  and  domestic  qualities,  we  will  not  trust  ourselves  to  speak — 
for  what  to  those  who  knew  him  not  in  those  relations  might  seem  exaggera- 
tion, would  to  the  friends  that  loved  him— sound  like  faint  and  feeble  praise. 

But  he  is  gone. 

'  Multis  ille  bonis  flebilis  occidit, 

Nulli  flebilior  qiiam  mihi.' " 

The  United  States  Gazette,  published  in  Philadelphia,  of  Nov.  24,  thus 
feelingly  refers  to  the  event.  "  We  have  the  melancholy  duty  of  recording  the 
death  of  Albert  B.  Dod,  D.  D.,  late  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  College  of 
New  Jersey.     He  died  on  Thursday  last,  after  a  brief  attack  of  bilious  pleurisy. 

"  Many  hundreds  of  the  educated  young  men  of  the  country  will  read  this 
paragraph  with  a  moistened  eye.  Of  all  who,  during  the  last  seventeen  years, 
have  been  connected  with  either  the  literary  or  the  theological  institutions  of 
Princeton,  there  is  not  one,  probably,  who  did  not  admire  his  high  intellectual 
and  moral  endowments.  Professor  Dod's  character  was  one  peculiarly  adapted 
to  win  the  regards  of  educated  young  men.  Chivalrous  and  high-minded  hy 
nature,  gifted  with  an  extraordinary  brilliancy  of  imagination,  and  a  command 
of  language  equal  to  every  emergency  of  the  pen  or  the  tongue,  and  with 
intellect  whose  etherial  temper,  like  the  sword  of  Saladin,  was  equal  to  its 
polish,  he  never  failed  in  the  lecture  room  or  the  pulpit,  or  in  private  life,  to 
leave  upon  the  minds  of  his  youthful  auditors  not  merely  a  strong  impression 
of  his  genius,  but  that  kind  of  impression  which,  like  electric  spark,  calls 
forth  the  electricity  of  the  recipient.  Genius  enkindles  genius.  This  is  a  law 
of  its  nature,  as  general  as  any  that  pervades  the  material  world.  No 
young  man,  with  the  least  particle  of  this  divine  essence  within  himself, 
could  listen  to  Professor  Dod  without  feeling  his  own  intellectual  activity 
quickened  by  contact  with  a  mind  that  seemed  to  penetrate  with  equal  ease 
the  subtleties  of  dialectic,  and  the  workings  of  human  passion. 

"  Professor  Dod's  department  in  the  College,  of  which  he  was  the  distinguish- 
ed ornament,  was  the  MatTiematics.  He  was  one,  however,  qualified  to  shine 
in  any  department  to  which  his  attention  was  directed.  His  writings  have 
been  chiefly  of  a  metaphysical  and  theological  character.  They  have  appeared 
from  time  to  time  in  the  Princeton  Review,  to  which  he  has  been  for  many 
yeai-s  a  leading  contributor.  The  October  number  of  that  work  contains  a 
powerful  article  from  his  pen,  of  more  than  fifty  pages,  the  last  probably  that 
he  ever  wrote.  It  is  a  review  of  that  remarkable  book,  '  The  Vestiges  of 
Creation,'  and  has  been  pronounced  by  competent  judges  to  be  the  ablest 
answer  to  the  argument  which  it  reviews,  that  has  yet  appeared  on  either  side 
of  the  Atlantic. 

"  Professor  Dod  was  about  forty  years  old.  The  death  of  such  a  man,  just  in 
the  prime  of  life,  and  in  the  full  vigor  of  his  powers,  cannot  but  be  regarded 
as  a  public  loss.     He  was  one  of  that  numerous  but  important  class,  who  in 


ALBERT  B.  DOB,  D.D.  205 

every  nation,  without  mingling  much  in  public  affairs,  contribute  materially 
to  the  formation  of  public  opinion,  and  the  moulding  of  national  character ; 
who  in  the  majestic  language  of  Milton,  '  are  of  power,  beside  the  office  of  a 
pulpit,  to  iml:)reed  and  cherish  in  a  great  people  the  seeds  of  virtue  and  public 
civility ;  to  allay  the  perturbations  of  the  mind,  and  set  the  affections  in  right 
tune;  to  celebrate  in  glorious  and  lofty  hymns  the  throne  and  equipage  of 
God's  almightiness,  what  he  works  and  what  he  suffers  to  be  wrought  with 
high  providence  in  his  church.'  " 

A  writer  in  the  Albany  Evening  Journal,  who  signs  himself  H.  H.,  pays  the 
following  tribute  :  "  Professor  Dod's  attainments  were  varied  and  profound. 
As  a  Mathematician,  and  for  discriminating  powers  of  mind  in  general,  it  would 
be  difficult  to  find  his  superior.  He  had  noble  and  gentle  qualities  so  com- 
bined as  to  make  him  at  once  loved  and  admired.  I  have  been  intimate  with 
him  for  years,  yet  never  saw  I  his  equal  in  disinterestedness,  in  conscientiousness, 
or  aught  iu  him  that  I  could  wish  to  correct.  I  loved  him,  and  do  not  expect 
to  see  his  like  again.  In  my  last  intercourse  with  him,  after  a  separation  of 
two  years,  I  was  struck  with  the  extent  of  his  attainments,  and  the  rich  stores 
of  thought  he  was  ever  ready  to  impart ;  but  what  consoles  me  most  now,  is 
the  feeling  I  had  at  the  time  of  his  ripening  in  piety.  He  expressed  a  sim- 
plicity and  assurance  of  faith,  for  which  I  can  but  thank  God  as  the  inheritance 
of  my  friend.  This  must  be  the  chief  consolation  of  his  bereaved  wife  and 
children.  They  must  have  broken  hearts ;  but  there  is  sweetening  of  their  grief 
in  knowing  that  his  goodness,  his  worth  to  them  is  now  his  reward  and 
blessedness." 

Another  wiiter  (T.  L.  C.)  in  the  Richmond  Compiler,  says  :  "  So  has  fallen,  in 
the  noon  day  of  his  sti'ength,  one  of  the  most  brilliant  men  of  our  State.  It 
may  be  doubted  whether  there  was  another  man  in  New  Jersey  who  was  a 
more  cherished  favorite  with  all  the  eminent  men  among  us,  of  all  professions, 
than  Professor  Dod.  He  was  a  noble-hearted,  high-toned  gentleman,  a  gen- 
erous friend,  and  a  most  fascinating  companion.  He  was  certainly  the  most 
brilliant  converser  that  I  ever  knew.  I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  knowing 
several  of  the  most  accomplished  men  in  conversation,  which  our  country 
contauis ;  but  I  never  met  one  here,  or  abroad,  who  in  all  the  graces  of  con- 
versation equalled  my  departed  friend.  He  had  such  a  rich  and  varied  store 
of  knowledge,  such  a  rapidity  and  play  of  thought,  such  an  unceasing  flow 
of  Ijeautiful  language — heightened  by  a  courteous  sweetness  of  manner,  and 
great  melody  of  voice — that  no  one  who  ever  came  within  the  reach  of  liis 
hand  or  the  sound  of  his  voice,  went  away  without  a  deep  impression  of  his 
extraordinary  powers.  As  a  teacher  he  was  unsuqjassed ;  and  he  was  the  only 
man  I  ever  met  who  could  throw  the  fascinations  of  wit  and  poetry  over  the 
dry  abstractions  of  the  higher  mathematics.  His  versatility  of  talent  seemed 
to  reach  all  things.     He  had  '  taken  all  knowledge  to  be  his  department.' 


206  APPENDIX. 

In  Theology,  in  Metaphysics,  in  Poetry,  in  Art,  in  general  Literature,  he  was 
equally  familiar,  and  shone  in  all.  Those  who  have  ever  heard  liim  preach 
never  can  forget  him.  I  wish  I  could  give  you  some  fitting  description  of  his 
maimer,  but  I  despair.  The  tidings  of  his  melancholy  end  will  fall  cold  on 
the  hearts  of  all  the  many  graduates  of  our  college  scattered  throughout  the 
land;  and  as  they  read  the  sorrowful  intelligence,  they  will  call  up  the  familiar 
face  once  more,  and  see  again  his  calm,  intellectual  countenance,  his  dark 
beaming  eye,  the  broad  forehead,  with  the  thin  hair  falling  loosely  over  it. 
They  will  hear  again  his  low,  sweet  voice,  now  passed  into  the  harmonies  of 
another  world,  and  their  eyes  will  fill  with  unbidden  tears  at  the  thouglit  that 
one  gifted  with  such  rare  gifts  is  already  laid  low." 

Appealing  in  the  form  of  a  commmiication  addressed  to  the  editor  of  the 
Burlington  Gazette,  is  the  following  from  the  late  Bishop  Doane ;  and  not- 
withstanding its  length,  such  is  its  intrinsic  interest ;  such  its  touching  noble- 
ness of  expression — the  generosity  and  magnanimity  of  its  sentiments  being 
enhanced  in  value  by  coming  from  one  of  another  communion — such  the 
affecting  character  of  the  allusion  it  makes  to  the  painful  incident  of  a  student 
who  was  fatally  wounded  a  short  time  before  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a 
gun,  and  whose  lingeriag  agonies  had  been  soothed  by  the  assiduous  watchings 
and  tender  care  of  the  Professor  until  death  closed  the  scene ;  and  finally  such 
the  amiable  and  attractive  light  in  which  both  are  exhibited  in  a  corres- 
pondence so  catholic  and  so  christian,  so  genial  withal  and  every  way  so 
honorable  alike  to  their  heads  and  hearts,  that  we  feel  it  would  be  wrong  to 
keep  back  any  part,  and  so  give  it  entire : 

To  THE  Editor  of  the  Burlington  Gazette  : 

It  was  a  grief  of  heart,  such  as  I  seldom  had  to  bear,  that  I  was  not  at  the 
funeral  of  this  beloved  and  lamented  man.  An  engagement  of  positive  duty, 
made  before  I  knew  of  his  illness,  which  I  could  neither  delegate  nor  defer, 
required  me  to  go  from  home,  in  another  direction.  But  I  was  there  in  spirit ; 
and  few  were  there,  out  of  the  charmed  circle  of  his  own  immediate  friends, 
to  weep  for  him  more  bitter  tears.  I  truly  think,  that  New  Jersey  had  not  any 
son  of  l)ri<;liter  promise,  for  her  interest  and  fimie.  And  I  am  filled  with 
awful  adoration  when  I  refiect,  how  rich  and  full  His  store  of  providence  must 
be,  who,  seeing  to  the  end  from  the  l:teginning,  has  withdrawn  him  from  us, 
when  his  day  seemed  not  half  spent,  and  when  his  usefulness  and  influence 
were  spreading  so,  and  deepening  every  day. 

I  knew  him  well,  and  loved  him  better  than  I  knew  him.  We  often  met  at 
the  house  of  a  dear  and  venerable  friend,  and  never  without  a  marked  increase 
of  mutual  love. 

He  was  a  man  of  a  most  catholic  mind,  and  of  a  more  catholic  heart.  It 
took  in  all  its  kind ;  and  yet  lost  nothing  from  its  individuality  of  tenderness. 
Tliis  was  most  strikingly  'illustrated  in  "what  drew  him  in,  into  the  inmost 
circle  of  my  bosom,  his  unexampled  devotion  to  young  Stockton  Boudinot 
He  took  him  to  his  house.  He  took  him  to  his  heart.  He  forgot  his  own 
infirmities  of  body.  He  endured,  beyond  the  endurance  of  the  strongest  man. 
He  practised  the  'inventive  tenderness  of  the  most  gentle  woman.  I  saw  his 
daily  letters,  from  the  bed-side  of  the  sufferer,  to  the  excellent  lady  I  have 


ALBERT  B.  BOB,  B.B.  207 

alluded  to  above.  They  were  perfect  in  their  kind.  So  discreet,  so  tender,  so 
touching.  With  each  successive  reading,  my  estimate  of  his  un- 
rivalled friendship  was  increased.  And,  at  the  close  of  the  strange  case, 
unijaralleled  in  all  the  records  of  the  23rofession,  I  felt,  and  said,  that,  if  such 
calamity  should  fall  on  me  or  mine,  I  could  ask  nothing  from  the  Lord,  with 
the  confidence  of  His  paternal  mercy,  but  such  a  friend  as  Dr.  Dod.  I  wrote 
to  him  what  I  had  felt.  And,  on  the  very  day  before  the  sickness  seized  him, 
which  in  one  week  closed  his  life,  he  wrote  to  me  the  following  letter.  Be- 
lieving it  to  be  one  of  the  very  last  he  ever  wrote,  I  do  not  permit  its  strong 
exj^ressions  of  personal  kindness  to  prevent  my  sending  it  to  you  entire : 

"  I  was  very  deeply  affected  by  the  heartiness  of  your  kind  letter.  Had  I 
wished  for  notice  and  applause,  such  commendation,  from  such  a  source,  would 
have  satisfied  my  highest  ambition.  But  your  quick  and  broad  humanity  M'ill 
enable  you  to  comprehend  me  fully,  M'hen  I  reply,  in  the  words  of  our  favorite 
jjoet-philosopher — 

'  I've  heard  of  hearts  unkind,  kind  deeds 
With  coldness  still  returning ; 
Alas  !  the  gratitude  of  men 
Hath  oftener  left  me  mourning.' 

"  I  perceive,  by  the  published  rei^ort  of  the  proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey 
Historical  Society,  that  I  have  been  appointed  to  deliver  the  Address  at  their 
next  meeting,  and  that  you  are  my  alternate.  I  could  have  wished  that  this 
order  had  been  reversed.  In  a  conversation  which  I  had,  the  day  before  the 
meeting,  with  the  chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee,  I  requested  him  to  see 
to  it,  that  you  weie  requested  to  deliver  the  next  address.  But  as  I  had  failed  on 
this  occasion,*  and  for  what  seemed  a  good  and  sufficient  reason,  I  suppose  they 
felt  unwilling  to  thrust  me  unceremoniously  aside.  It  is  every  way  desirable,  for 
intrinsic  and  external  reasons,  that  the  Address  before  the  first  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  Society  should  l^e  delivered  by  you.  And  it  is  evident  that,  l)ut  for  the  acci- 
dent of  my  being  in  the  way,  you  would  have  been  selected  for  the  i)erformance 
of  the  duty.  I  have  to  request,  therefore,  that  you  will  be  good  enough  to  con- 
sider yourself  charged  with  it.  In  making  this  request,  I  am  not  governed  solely 
by  a  feeling  of  propriety ;  though  that  would  be  enough.  But  under  existing  cir- 
cumstances, it  would  be  impossible  for  me  to  do  justice  to  the  Society  or  to 
myself,  in  the  discharge  of  this  duty.  I  am  struggling  with  some  form  of 
nervous  disease,  which  disquiets  and  dispirits  me ;  and,  for  the  cure  or  allevia- 
tion of  which  my  physician  enjoins  me  to  be  in  the  open  air  as  much  as 
possible  ;  and  intermit,  as  far  as  I  can,  studious  application.  I  find,  too,  that 
the  case  of  j^oor  Boudinot  has  taken  such  a  hold  on  me  that  I  cannot  shake  it 
off".  There  is  scarcely  a  night  in  which  I  do  not  dream  of  him,  with  dreams 
of  so  vivid  aird  half  waketuf  a  character,  that  their  impression  remains  with 
me  through  the  day.  So  long  as  he  was  alive,  and  there  was  any  thing  to  be 
done  for  him,  he  was  the  object  of  action.  Now,  I  find  that  his  long  illness 
has  become  the  subject  of  thought." 

I  wrote  to  him  at  once — a  letter  which  I  suppose  he  never  read — to  say, 
that  though  I  had  counted  on  his  discharging  the  duty  before  the  Historical 
Society,  leaving  me  no  other  resjjonsibility  than  might  providentially  occur,  I 
would  certainly  comply  with  his  request ;  assuring  him  of  my  j^rayers  that 
God  would  soon  restore  him  to  health  and  duty;  and  inviting  him  to  visit  us 
at  Burlington.  The  next  tidings  were  that  he  was  very  ill.  The  next,  that 
he  was  dead  !  "  What  shadows  we  are,  and  what  shadows  we  pursue  !"  But 
he  died  in  the  midst  of  usefulness.  He  died  in  the  enjoyment  of  universal 
confidence  and  respect. 

*  He  was  appoiuted  to  deliver  the  quarterly  address  at  New  Brunswick. 


208  APPENDIX. 

He  died  in  the  satisfaction  of  unwearied  and  unbounded  love.  He  was  one 
in  whom  the  spirit  "  o'er-informed  "  the  flesh.  He  had  a  great  heart,  and  its 
throbbings  had  worn  out  its  frame.  The  over-working  of  the  mind  had  loosed 
his  hold  on  life.  He  sank  under  the  shock  of  the  acute  disease  which  had 
assailed  him ;  and  had  not  physical  ability  to  rally.  Though  not  for  himself 
too  soon,  it  is  too  soon  for  us.  His  greatness  grew  with  him  every  day.  The 
masculine  vigor  of  his  mind  grappled  all  subjects,  and  could  master  all.  His 
generous  enthusiasm  kindled  the  yoimg  hearts  that  it  drew  to  him,  ■ndth  its 
own  fires.  And  now,  in  this  last  service  of  his  life — it  was  his  very  last — he 
had  developed,  with  all  that  is  bravest  in  a  man,  whatever  in  a  woman  is 
most  lovely  and  engaging,  "  Felix  opportunitate  mortis.'''' 

Of  his  intellectual  character  and  attainments,  of  the  daily  beauty  of  his  social 
and  domestic  life,  of  his  Christian  walk  and  conversation,  others  have  spoken, 
and  will  speak,  with  fuller  opportunities  than  I  could  have.  Few  with  a  fuller 
love.  '■'•  Nulli  jlehiUor  qunm  mihi.''''  I  never  met  with  him,  in  private  or  in 
public,  in  steamboat  or  in  stage,  that  we  did  not  warm  and  grow  together. 
He  was  a-glow  with  all  the  generous  instincts  of  humanity.  They  were 
refined  in  him,  and  sanctified,  by  the  "  live  coal,"  which  seraphs  have  in  hand. 
He  combined  most  rarely  a  keen,  broad,  sound  and  manly  practicalness  with 
the  loftiest  and  most  generous  enthusiasm. 

I  have  often  thought,  that  had  he  not  been  a  great  Mathematician,  he  would 
have  been  a  greater  jjoet.  He  illustrated  this  in  his  zealous  devotion  to  that, 
which,  of  all  pursuits  of  men,  combines  the  most  of  the  practical  with  the 
best  of  the  poetical,  Gothic  Architecture.  It  was  his  favorite  study,  and  most 
fervent  theme.  He  was  in  love  with  it.  "  You  will  say,''  he  said  to  me,  in 
his  own  hearty  plaj-fulness,  "  that  I  have  stolen  your  thunder  I" 

I  saw  him  last  in  Princeton.  His  last  acts  to  me  were  acts  of  hospitality. 
His  last  w^ords  were  words  of  friendship.  And,  what  I  value  most  of  all,  I 
was  among  the  thoughts  of  his  last  horns.  "  On  Tuesday  night,"  says  Pro- 
fessor Hodge,  his  distinguished  fellow-laborer,  and  faithful  friend,  "  when  we 
all  thought  him  very  near  his  end,  he  charged  me  with  several  messages  to  his 
absent  fiiends;  and  said,  "  I  have  been  thinking  of  Bishop  Doane,  and  should 
like  to  see  him,  and  wish  him  to  know  it."  I  feel  that  I  am  discharging  a 
duty  to  our  dei)arted  friend,  in  conveying  to  you  the  simiile  intimation  that 
he  thought  of  you  with  kindness,  in  the  last  hours  of  his  life."  None,  from 
beyond  the  immediate  circle  in  which  my  life  is  passed,  have  won  from  me  a 
livelier  interest  and  aftection.  No  message  from  a  death-bed  has  come  nearer 
to  my  heart,  or  dwells  more  warmly  there. 

Into  the  secret  places  of  their  sorrow  to  whom  this  stroke  comes  nearest 
home,  it  were  profane  to  enter.  Thanks  be  to  God  for  the  revelation,  which 
the  ages  that  had  wandered  from  Him  farthest  cherished  as  a  pleasing  dream, 
that  the  bolt  makes  sacred  where  it  strikes  !  The  most  endearing  names  to 
Him  are  those  of  widow  and  orphan.  "  He  is  a  father  of  the  fatherless,  and 
defendeth  the  cause  of  the  widows ;  even  God,  in  his  holy  habitation." 

G.  w.  D. 
Riverside,  November  2"th,  1845. 

From  a  long  and  congenial  communication  that  appeared  in  the  Presbyterian 
we  make  the  following  extract : 

"  Albert  B.  Dod  was  a  native  of  Mendham,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey.  He 
was  born  March  24,  1805.  He  received  part  of  his  education  at  the  Mendham 
Academy,  under  the  Rev.  Amzi  Armstrong,  and  at  the  time  when  the  late 
Samuel  L.  Southard  was  a  tutor  there.  His  friendship  with  Mr.  Southard 
lasted  through  life,  and  Mr.  Dod  hoped  to  prepare  the  biography  of  his  dis- 
tinguished teacher  and  friend,  to  accompany  a  selection  of  his  public  speeches 


ALBERT  B.  DOD,  B.  D.  209 

and  other  compositions.  Mr.  Dod  graduated  at  Princeton  in  1822.  The  next 
five  years  he  spent  in  private  teaching,  chiefly,  if  not  altogether  as  I  believe,  in 
Virginia.  In  1 827  he  returned  to  Princeton,  entering  the  Theological  Seminary, 
and  at  the  same  time  serving  as  Tutor  in  the  College.  Upon  the  completion 
of  his  course  at  the  Seminary  in  1830,  he  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  Mathe- 
matics in  the  College  :  and  within  the  last  few  years  he  lectured  on  Architec- 
ture and  Political  Economy,  in  addition  to  the  instruction  of  his  proper  de- 
partment. In  these  branches  he  took  an  enthusiastic  interest,  and  easily  com- 
municated his  enthusiasm  to  those  who  heard  him  lectm-e  or  converse  about 
them.  Few  men  combined  so  many  accomplishments  and  capabilities  as 
Professor  Dod.  As  a  teacher,  lecturer,  writer,  preacher,  speaker,  and  a 
leader  in  conversation,  he  greatly  excelled.  He  was  brilliant  in  all  these 
qualities  and  oflices,  and  yet  strong  in  reason  and  argument. 

"  Of  a  poetical  and  imaginative  temperament,  and  fond  of  metaphysical 
studies,  yet  his  mind  was  not  commonly  drawn  oif  from  substantial  and  prac- 
tical views  of  the  variety  of  subjects  he  studied  and  handled.  His  articles  in 
the  Biblical  Repertory  attest  this.  Of  these  I  may  particularly  mention  his 
vindication  of  Capital  Punishment  in  the  number  for  April,  1842  ;  on  Phrenol 
ogy,  in  April,  1838  ;  portions  of  the  article  on  Transcendentalism  in  January, 
1839  ;  on  the  Elder  question  in  April,  1844  ;  and  the  review  of  "  Vestiges  of 
Creation,"  in  the  last  number.  The  article  on  Capital  Punishment  was  thought 
to  be  so  conclusive  a  reply  to  the  popular  objections  on  that  subject,  that  the 
entire  paper  was  adopted  by  a  committee  of  the  Legislature  of  New  York  as 
their  Report,  and  was,  in  that  form,  republished  by  the  Legislature  as  a  public 
document. 

"  Mr.  Dod's  amiable  and  benevolent  disposition,  social  manners,  and  fascina- 
ting conversation,  connected  with  a  certain  softness  and  modesty  of  demeanor, 
excited  strong  affections  and  interest  among  all  who  knew  him,  however 
slightly ;  and  were  qualities,  that,  combined  with  his  eminent  qualifications 
for  his  chair,  made  him  highly  popular  with  his  classes.  I  shall  not  attempt 
to  say  what  his  domestic  virtues  made  him  to  his  wife,  children  and  connec- 
tions. Their  intense  distress  calls  for  the  prayers  of  every  true  friend  of  his 
and  theirs.  Mr.  Dod  had  offers  of  imjjortant  and  attractive  stations — and 
among  them  the  Chajjlaincy  and  appended  Professorship  of  the  Military 
Academy  of  West  Point,  but  he  preferred  to  retain  his  old  connexions  and 
associations  at  Princeton." 

We  add  the  following  from  the  Somerville  Wliig : 

"  A  brilliant  star  has  set  to  rise  no  more.  But  other  men  there  are,  both  in 
and  out  of  public  notice,  distinguished  for  talents  and  usefulness  in  the  various 
positions  they  occupy.  It  is  instructive  to  mark  the  multiform  attainments, 
character  and  merits  of  a  few  individuals  who  in  every  age  sustain  a  lofty  place  in 
the  public  esteem,  and  exert  a  commanding  and  healthful  influence  in  society. 
Talents  are  varied.  Some  excel  in  one  thing,  others  in  another.  Looking  at 
a  single  point,  some  may  attract  the  admiration  of  a  multitude  and  be  consid- 
ered without  a  rival.  But  the  whole  character,  the  varied  acquirements,  the 
profound  learning,  the  social  habits,  the  dignity,  the  keen  penetration  and  the 
acute  power  of  reason,  which  shone  so  conspicuously  in  the  lamented  Dr.  Dod, 
form  a  combination  of  excellencies  so  extremely  rare  as  to  be  worthy  of 
special  comment. 

"  We  hope  that  his  eulogy  will  yet  be  truly  spoken — that  his  memoirs  may 
be  made  public,  and  that  his  bright  example  may  stand  out  in  all  its  promi- 
nence as  an  incentive  to  the  youth  of  our  country,  to  walk  in  his  steps,  and 
thus  be  eminently  useful  in  this  world,  and,  like  him,  suijremely  happy  in  that 
which  is  to  come." 

27 


310  APPENDIX. 

On  Sunday  morning  (Nov.  30,  1845,)  the  Rev.  Dr.  James  W.  Alexander 
pronounced  a  discourse  of  rare  beauty  and  excellence  in  the  New  York  Duane 
street  Presbyterian  Church,  from  1st  Thessalonians  iv :  14,  in  commemoration 
of  his  lamented  friend  and  late  associate  in  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  New 
Jersey.  By  request  this  was  repeated  in  the  1st  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Newark.  Tne  Newark  Daily  Advertiser,  of  Dec.  13th,  contains  the  following 
report : 

"  The  general  sense  of  bereavement  which  has  been  occasioned  in  this  com- 
munity by  the  death  of  Professor  Dod,  was  conspicuously  manifest  in  the 
crowded  assembly  which  convened  in  the  First  Church  last  evening.  Every 
seat  in  the  house  was  filled,  and  many  retired  for  want  of  room.  The  devo- 
tional exercises  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Briusmade  of  this  city,  and 
Rev.  Dr.  Rice  of  Princeton.  Nor  should  we  omit  to  say  that  the  performances 
of  the  choir  were  appropriate  and  affecting.  The  discourse,  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
J.  W.  Alexander,  was,  as  might  have  been  expected,  at  once  an  instructive 
and  consolatory  lesson  for  the  living,  and  a  fit  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the 
'  loved  and  lost ' — his  early  friend,  associate  and  colleague — such  a  tribute  as 
it  is  in  the  power  of  few  men  living  to  offer  at  the  shrine  of  genius  and  worth. 

"  It  has  never  been  our  privilege  to  listen  to  a  more  beautiful  and  discrimina- 
ting exhibition  of  the  moral  and  mental  attributes  of  a  great  man ;  and  we 
would  be  most  happy  here  to  follow  the  preacher  in  his  analysis  of  the  shining 
qualities,  and  the  remarkable  traits  and  characteristics  of  our  friend,  and 
transfer  to  our  readers  something  of  the  pleasure  and  delight  experienced  by 
the  crowded  assembly  which  heard  it,  but  it  is  not  expedient ;  though  we 
entertain  the  hope  that  the  author  will  yield  to  the  very  general  desire  and 
furnish  a  copy  for  publication  in  a  more  becoming  form. 

"  "We  may  here  add  briefly,  however,  that  after  a  beautiful  and  consoling 
exposition  of  the  Scriptural  phrase  "  sleeping  in  Jesus,"  included  in  the  text, 
the  preacher  turned  to  the  more  immediate  subject  of  the  discourse,  and 
reviewed  at  length  the  history,  services  and  characteristics  of  his  friend.  Of 
his  intellectual  powers  he  almost  feared  to  sjieak,  lest  he  might  seem  to  use 
the  language  of  exaggeration.  But  he  did  not  hesitate  to  challenge  any  one 
of  his  friends  or  correspondents  to  express  a  doubt  of  lus  great  and  surpassing 
powers. 

"  His  excursions  into  every  field  of  human  research  were  extensive  and 
profound  :  there  were  few  subjects,  and  no  science  or  art  with  which  he  was  not 
more  or  less  familiar,  and  aside  from  the  abstract  science,  which  it  was  his 
special  vocation  to  teach,  he  may  be  said  to  have  mastered  the  whole  subject 
of  moral  philosophy.  With  an  ardent  desire  to  search  out  all  the  hidden 
depths  of  the  profoundest  questions,  the  fable  of  the  Sphinx  was  almost 
realized,  in  his  bold  and  daring  responses  to  the  most  difficult  problems  in 
morals  and  religion.  Due  notice  was  made  of  the  power  and  beauty  of  his 
written  style,  and  of  his  rare  and  almost  marvellous  ability  as  a  teacher. 

"  As  a  conversational  debater  he  had  no  rival ;  always  calm,  even  in  the  most 
critical  moments  of  controversy,  so  that  no  recollections  of  his  intellectual 
character  are  more  agreeable  than  his  exhibitions  in  the  social  debate  with  an 
able  antagonist.  His  friends  wondered  how  he  could  keep  abreast  of  the 
literature  of  the  age.  He  was  fond  of  Poetry,  and  believed  that  Philosophy 
and  Poetry  should  be  united  in  marriage  by  religion.  Speaking  of  his  social 
qualities,  it  was  well  added,  that  his  house  was  not  large  enough  for  hia 
hospitality,  and  that  at  his  table  was  ever  the  feast  of  reason  and  the  pleasures 
of  cheerfulness  and  joy.  As  a  friend  he  realized  whatever  romance  has  thrown 
of  attraction  around  that  character.     How  public  affection  gathered  around 


ALBERT  B.  DOB,  D.D.  211 

him  is  evident  from  the  general  grief  expressed  for  his  loss,  particularly 
throughout  his  native  State.  He  was  sick  but  a  week,  and  soon  after  his 
attack  saw  that  he  must  die.  His  reason  was  generally  unclouded.  His  simple 
trust  was  in  Christ,  and  Avhen  the  Scriptures  were  read  to  him  he  devoutly 
responded  to  their  promises,  and  said  he  knew  and  felt  their  truth.  He  attend- 
ed with  his  usual  order  to  all  his  concerns,  neglecting  no  friend  in  his  messages 
of  love.  A  delicate,  deeply  touching  reference  was  made  to  the  parting  scenes 
with  his  family,  but  over  these  the  speaker  did  not  feel  authorized  to  dwell,  for 
they  were  sacred.  It  will  be  truly  inferred  from  this  rapid  survey  that  the  jDlace 
made  vacant  by  the  departure  of  such  a  man  cannot  be  filled.  We  repeat  the 
hope  that  the  discourse  will  be  given  to  his  friends  and  the  public  through  the 
press." 

We  close  this  compilation  of  commemorative  notices  and  excerpts  by  the 
following  communication  from  the  Rev.  Charles  Hodge,  D.  D.,  Professor  in 
the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  which  appears  in  "  The  Annals  of  the 
American  Pulpit,"  edited  by  William  B.  Sprague,  D.  D.,  Vol.  IV,  page  739 : 

Princeton,  February  21,  1855. 

Rev.  and  dear  Sir  :  The  Rev.  Albert  B.  Dod  w^as  appointed  Professor  of 
Mathematics  in  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  in  April,  1830,  and  from  that  time, 
until  the  day  of  his  death,  in  November,  1845,  I  was  in  the  habit  of  intimate 
and  constant  intercourse  with  him. 

He  was  rather  above  the  ordinary  standard  in  height ;  somewhat  inclined  to 
stoop ;  rather  square  shouldered ;  but  active  and  graceful  in  his  movements 
and  carriage.  His  head  was  unusally  large ;  his  forehead  broad,  but  not  high ; 
his  eyebrows  massive  and  projecting;  his  eyes  hazel,  brilliant  and  deep  seated ; 
his  countenance  intellectual  and  pleasing.  His  disposition  was  very  cheerful 
and  amiable,  which  rendered  him,  w' ith  his  extraordinary  conversational  powers, 
peculiarly  agreeable  as  a  companion.  His  reputation  as  a  talker  threatened,  at 
one  time,  to  eclipse  his  fame  in  higher  departments.  But  this  was  only  the 
sparkling  of  a  really  deej)  and  rapidly  moving  stream. 

He  had  a  taste  for  literature  and  the  fine  arts,  and  considerable  fertility  of 
imagination,  and  was,  I  think,  disposed  to  estimate  these  gifts  at  a  higher 
value  than  his  more  solid  mental  qualities.  To  me  it  always  appeared  that  his 
understanding,  his  power  of  clear  and  quick  discernment,  of  analysis  and  lucid 
statement,  and  of  logical  deduction,  was  the  leading  power  of  his  mind,  to 
which  his  reputation  and  usefulness  were  mainly  due. 

It  was  this  that  gave  him  his  success  and  power  as  a  teacher.  There  was 
nothing  he  could  not  make  plain.  Provided  his  pupils  had  the  requisite  pre- 
liminary knowledge,  he  rendered  the  most  abstruse  departments  of  Mathe- 
matics so  clear,  that  his  students  became  enthusiastic  in  their  admiration  of 
himself,  and  in  their  love  for  the  science.  It  was  his  delight  to  unfold  the 
rationale  of  all  the  jjrocesses  of  his  department,  and  to  elevate  his  puj^ils  to 
the  study  of  the  philosoiihy  of  every  subject  which  he  taught.  He  was, 
therefore,  most  successful  with  the  more  intelligent  class  of  students ;  with  the 
dull,  as  he  had  no  fellow-  feeling,  he  was  prone  to  have  too  little  patience. 
This  mastery  of  his  subject,  and  this  superiority  of  mtellect,  made  him  ex- 
ceedingly jjopular  as  an  instructor.  When,  on  one  occasion,  he  attended  the 
annual  examination  of  the  Cadets  at  West  Point,  as  a  visitor,  he  evinced  so 
clearly  these  powers  of  mind,  that  the  Cadets  and  Professors  united  in  an 
application  to  the  Government  for  his  api^ointment  as  Chaplain  and  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy.  This  incident  shows  how  striking  was  the  exhibition  of 
talent,  which  any  suitable  occasion  was  certain  to  call  forth. 


313  APPENDIX. 

To  this  clearness  and  discrimination  of  mind  is  also  to  be  referred  his  fond- 
ness for  metai^hysics,  aiid  his  skill  in  the  discussion  of  subjects  connected  with 
that  department.  Those  of  his  writings  which  excited  general  attention,  are 
on  topics  of  this  character.  Reference  may  be  made  to  the  able  articles  in  the 
Princeton  Review,  jjroceeding  from  his  pen,  in  illustration  and  confirmation  of 
his  peculiar  talents  for  iihilosophical  discussion.  His  mind  was  always  on  the 
alert,  and  teeming  with  thoughts  and  suggestions.  It  was  a  common  thing  for 
him,  when  he  entered  my  study,  to  say, — "  I  was  thinking,  as  I  came  along,  of 
such  or  such  a  question," — announcing  some  problem  in  mental  or  moral 
science.  Indeed  I  do  not  know  that  I  ever  was  acquainted  vnth.  a  man,  who 
so  constantly  suggested  important  topics  of  conversation,  or  kept  the  minds  of 
his  friends  more  on  the  stretch.  His  consciousness  of  power  in  debate,  no 
doubt,  contributed  to  the  formation  of  this  habit ;  for  the  pleasure  of  discus- 
sion was  in  his  case  so  gi'eat,  that  he  would  often  start  paradoxical  ojjinions, 
either  for  the  sake  of  surprising  his  hearers,  or  exercising  his  skill  in  defending 
them. 

The  talent  to  which  I  have  refeiTed  was  conspicuously  displayed  in  all  public 
assemblies.  Had  his  life  been  sjjared,  I  doubt  not  he  would  soon  have  estab- 
lished for  himself  the  rei^utation  of  one  of  the  ablest  debaters  in  our  Church. 

His  best  and  most  effective  sermons  are  distinguished  by  the  same  character 
of  mind.  He  undervalued,  at  least  at  one  part  of  his  life,  emotional  preaching. 
He  did  not  seem  to  estimate  aright  how  great  and  how  pemianent  a  good  was 
effected  by  any  preacher  who  calls  into  lively  exercise  the  devotional  feelings 
of  his  audience.  Professor  Dod  aimed  rather  to  lodge  in  the  understanding 
some  fundamental  principle  of  truth  or  duty,  which  should  become  part  of 
the  governing  convictions  of  the  mind.  He  was  accustomed  to  say  that  if  he 
could  make  his  hearers  see  that  they  are  responsible  for  their  faith,  or  that 
expediency  is  not  the  rule  of  right,  or  that  things  unseen  are  more  real  and 
powerful  than  the  things  that  are  seen,  or  some  such  general  truth,  he  would 
do  them  far  greater  service  than  by  any  excitement  of  their  feelings.  His 
sermons  were  generally  constructed  on  that  j^rinciple  ;  and  many  of  them  are 
of  permanent  value.  His  voice  was  melodious,  and  his  delivery  free  and 
untrammelled  by  his  notes,  which  were  generally  written  out  in  full.  Though 
his  preaching,  in  the  later  years  of  his  life,  was  generally  addressed  more  to 
the  understanding  than  to  the  affections,  yet  he  had  great  emotional  power, 
and  could,  when  roused  himself,  control  in  an  uncommon  degree  the  feelings 
of  his  audience. 

Professor  Dod  has  now  been  dead  more  than  nine  years.  I  have  not  yet 
ceased  to  mourn  for  his  departure  as  a  personal  loss.  I  regarded  him  as  one  of 
the  most  gifted  men  of  our  Church.  His  having  chosen  an  academical  instead 
of  a  pastoral  career  kept  him  in  a  measure  aloof  from  our  Ecclesiastical  Courts, 
and  turned  his  attention  rather  to  Science  than  to  Theology.  But  I  have  a 
strong  conviction  that  he  had  in  him  rich  stores  of  undeveloped  resources, 
which,  had  it  pleased  God  to  prolong  his  life,  would  have  rendered  him  one 
of  the  most  eminent  and  useful  ministers  of  our  Church. 

Very  truly  your  friend, 

CHARLES  HODGE. 


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[We  are  indebted,  for  a  copy  of  the  following  interesting  schedule,  to  Mr. 
Samuel  H,  Congar,  Librarian  of  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  whose 
antiquarian  tastes  and  pious  regards  for  the  memory  of  those  whose  bones  lie 
mouldering  in  our  church-yards,  have  made  him  the  faithful  guardian  of 
everything  adapted  to  illustrate  the  early  history  of  Newark,  and  keep  alive 
the  remembrance  of  its  first  settlers  ;] 


"A  sure   list   of   Every  IVXan's   Estate,  approved  by  the  Select  men, 
•with  their   deductions.* 


John  Browne 

Mr.  Matthew  Canfleld. 

Stephen  Davis 

Nathaniel  Wheeler 

Thomas  Luddington . . . 

Thomas  Richards 

Thomas  Lyon 

William  Camp 

Robert  Denison 

Thomas  Johnson 

Martin  Tichenor , 

John  Catling 

John  BosticK 

John  Ward,  Jun'r 

Deliverance  Cranet 

John  Curtis 

John  Baldwin,  Sen'r... 

Joseph  Walters 

Micah  Tompkins 

Jonathan  Tompkins... 
Ephraim  Pennington . . , 

John  Crane 

Edward  Ball 

Serg.  Richard  Harrison 

Edward  Riggs 

Zachariah  Burwell 

Ephraim  Burwell , 

George  Day 

John  Brooks 

John  Harrison 

John  Rogers 

Mr.  Robert  Kitchell..., 
Samuel  Kitchell 


£308 

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500 

3:33 

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186 

124 

123 

81 

110 

73 

570 

380 

220 

1.34 

300 

200 

420 

280 

169 

113 

315 

205 

160 

120 

250 

167 

150 

100 

190 

127 

137 

91 

ISO 

120 

260 

173 

166 

111 

150 

104 

250 

167 

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104 

400 

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160 

104 

1.50 

100 

120 

80 

80 

53 

120 

80 

350 

2.33 

750 

500 

Hauns  Albers 

Samuel  Camfield 

Samuel  Rose 

Obadiah  Bruen 

Mr.  Morrieh 

Robert  Dalglish 

Aaron  Blatchly 

Stephen  Freeman 

Thomas  Staples 

Lieut.  Samuel  Swain 

Laurence  Ward 

Francis  Linle 

Mr.  Jasper  Crane 

Mr.  Abraham  Pierson,  Sen'r.. 

Hugh  Roberts 

Josiah  Ward 

Thomas  Pierson 

Mr.  Robert  Treat 

Robert  Limon 

Samuel  Plum 

Thomas  Huntington 

Stephen  Bond 

Benjamin  Baldwin 

Alexander  Munrow 

John  Brown,  Jun'r 

Mr.  Abraham  Pierson,  Jun'r.  . 

Daniel  Dod 

Jonathan  Sargent 

Samuel  Lyon 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Peck 

Richard  Lawrence 

John  Ward 

John  Baldwin,  Jun'r 


£100 
174 
250 
200 
385 
167 
180 
440 
150 
550 
370 
210 
570 
644 
446 
210 
200 
660 
285 
500 
350 
140 
120 
100 
250 
380 
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150 

200 
273 
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116 
167 
133 
257 
111 
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293 
100 
367 
247 
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429 
297 
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440 
190 
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94 
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97 


*  The  second  column  of  figures  shows  this  deduction  to  have  been  one-third. 

+  There  is  a  curious  and  puzzling  peculiarity  in  the  original  entry  opposite  the  name  of  Deliv- 
trance  Crane.  Not  only  is  the  order  of  the  two  sums  reversed,  the  100  being  placed  before  the  150, 
but  an  18  is  added,  thus :  100  1.50  18.  What  the  18  means  no  one  seems  to  know.  To  preserve 
the  uniformity  of  the  table  we  have  made  the  entry  to  correspond  to  the  others.  The  sign  £  is 
supplied,  not  being  in  the  original. 


I  isr  D  E  X  . 


Part  I.^     Christian  Names  of  persons  sumamed  Dodd  (or  Dod.) 


A. 

Aaron,  47,  170,  172, 186- 

193. 
Aaron  G.,  190. 
Abby,  50-118,  67,  80,  &4. 
Abby  E.,  99,  121,  192. 
Abby  M.,  120,  171. 
Abel,  109-173,  172. 
Abel  J.,  54-55. 
Ablathar,  187,  188. 
Abiel,  67,  115. 
Abial  M.,  115. 
Abigail,  53,  60,  65,  85, 

103,  107,  112,  122,  135, 

136. 
Abijah,  50-57-122,  58-60. 
Abner,  92,  136,  187-191. 
Abraham,  45,  172. 
Abraham  N.,  152. 
Achsah,  121. 
Adelaide,  69. 
Adela,  124. 
Adeline,  87. 
Adeline  F.,  108. 
Adonijah,  169-170,  171. 
Agnes,  59,  150. 
Alanson,  93. 
Albert,  92-96,  95. 
Albert  B.,  56,  143. 
Albert  B.  Rev.,  138-140. 
Albert  F.,  144. 
Albert  G.,  137. 
Albert  J.,  156. 
Albert  v.,  12ii. 
Alexander,  73,  190. 
Alexander  P.,  48. 
Alfred,  72,  98. 
Alfred  J.,  56. 
Alfred  M.,  152. 
Alfred  S.,  151-152. 
Alice,  97,  108,  150. 
Alice  J.,  8.3. 
Allen,  65-77,  78,  106. 
Almira,  156. 
Alonzo,  98. 
Alvah,  94-96. 
Alvin  H.,  61,  110. 
Alvin  J.,  1.55. 
Amanda,  87,  95,  110. 
Amarintha,  57,  74. 


Ambrose,  61,  170. 
Amelia  M.,  155. 
Amelia  T.,  IM. 
Amos,  43-79,  65,  80-82. 
Amos  A.,  80-82. 
Amy,  105. 
Amzi,  97,  105,  118,  120- 

121,  151,  165. 
Amzi  S.,  62,  121. 
Angeliue,  165. 
Ann,  76,  191. 
Anna,  20-33,  34,  88,  102, 

159. 
Anna  C,  192. 
Anne  B.,  161. 
Anna  P.,  56. 
Annah,  84. 
Anna  Louisa,  76. 
Anna  Maria,  49,  137. 
AnuaR.,  190. 
Ann  Elizabeth,  69,  81. 
AnnL.  K.,  125. 
Ann  Maria,  77. 
Ann  R.,  59. 
Anson,  68. 
Archibald    Alexander, 

137. 
Arthur  N.,  93. 
Ashbel,  16. 
Augustus  P.,  108. 
Augustus  V.  Rev.,  163- 

164. 
Azubah,  163. 

B. 

"Baby,"  95. 
Benjamin,  12-17,  15, 106. 
Benjamin  F.,  55. 
Benjamin  L.,  55-57. 
Betsey,  53,  70,  102,  109, 

173. 
Betsey  Ann,  94. 
Betsey  M.,  58. 
Betsey  W.,  80. 
Bethany,  157. 
Bethany  C,  172. 
Bethuel.  07,  85,  109,  110. 
Bethuel  Rev.,  109. 
Bethuel  B.,  56. 
Bethuel  L.  Dr.,  69-70. 
Byram,  166. 


c. 

Caleb,  43-84,  85,  87. 
Calvin,  121. 
Calvin  R.,  157. 
Canfleld,  59. 
Carimus,  55. 
Caroline,  67,  94,  97,  111, 

121,  158. 
Caroline  A.,  59,  172. 
Caroline  B.,  143. 
Caroline  E.,  138,  143. 
Caroline  M.,  75. 
Caroline  P.,  120. 
Caroline  R.,  192. 
Caroline  V.,  83. 
Catharine,  59,  170. 
Catharine  Ann,  46. 
Catharine  C,  59. 
CatharineE.,69,  70, 144. 
Catharine  K.,  58. 
Catharine  M.,  75,  171. 
Cephas,  150, 151-152, 157- 

158. 
Cephas  Rev.,  148-149. 
Charity,  157. 
Charles,  13,  16,  77,  95, 

105, 1.38,  160,  167. 
Charles  A.,  63,  81,  160. 
Charles  B.,  56,  111. 
Charles  E.,  62,  93, 192. 
Charles  F.,  61, 83. 
Charles  H.,  61,  81,  148. 
Charles  L.,  56. 
Charles  R.,  137. 
Charles  S.,  144. 
Charles  S.  Rev.,  139-143, 
Charles  T.,  57. 
Charlotte,    45,    67-183, 

119,  160,  191. 
Charlotte  Ann,  172. 
Charlotte  E.,  56. 
Charlotte  D.,  81. 
Charlotte  G.,  111. 
Charlotte  L.,  68. 
Chloe,  153,  154. 
Christiana,  54. 
Clara  Blanche,  70. 
Clara  E.,  144. 
Clarence,  87. 
Clarissa,  151, 162. 


Clinton,  106. 
Clarkson  W.,  157. 
Clayton  B.,  161. 
Colimibus  Washington, 

Cornelia,  61,  87, 149, 188. 
Cornelia  C,  188. 
Cornelia  F.,  171. 
Cornelius,  46,  47. 
Corwin,  97. 
Cyrus,  58,  60. 
Cyrus  A.,  154. 
Cyrus  M.,  59. 

D. 

Daniel,  (First)  14-19-33. 
Daniel,  (Second)  3:3-34- 

39. 
Daniel,  (Third)  40-42. 
Daniel,  (Fourth)  43-49. 
Daniel,  45-46,  46-47,  47, 

65,  78,  80,  92,  93-94,  95, 

107,    134-152,    136-138, 

153-156,  1.57,  162. 
Daniel,    (of  Guilford) 

131-1.32. 
Daniel  F.,  149,  153-162, 

159-161. 
Daniel  N.,  156. 
Daniel  S.,  140. 
Daniel  W.,  161,  163. 
David,  45,  58-60,  59,  77, 

94-96,    96-97,    113-122, 

160. 
David  C,  82-83. 
David  Seabury,  82. 
David  W.,  152. 
Deborah,  l.W. 
Dennis  O.,  110. 
Dorcas,  40,  90,  99. 

E. 

Ebenezer,  84-127,  M-70, 

176. 
Ebenezer  L.,  71,  73. 
Edmund,  74. 
Edward,  13, 14-15, 15, 16, 

16,  17,  77,  155,  165-167, 

191. 


*  Part  Piest  of  this  Index  is  designed  to  contain  the  principal  christian  names  of  persons 
sumamed  Dodd  (or  Dod) ;  and  Pabt  Second  the  whole  names  of  persons  other  than  Dodd 
(or  Dod,)  who  have  become  connected  with  that  family  by  marriage.  The  figures  refer  to  the 
page  of  the  volume.  Where  two  or  more  numbers  are  joined  with  a  hyphen,  they  refer  to  the 
same  person. 


216 


INDEX, 


Edward  C,  76. 
Edward  ©.,  70-77. 
Edward  L.,  81,  156. 
Edward  M.  Rev.,  75-76. 
Edward  S.,  73. 
Edward  V.  B.,  110. 
Edward  W.,  .57,  111. 
Edwin,  56,  5i),  88. 
Edwin  F.,  13;^. 
Egbert  R.,  61. 
Elbert,  87. 
Eleazer,  112,  114. 
Eleazer  M.,  115-116. 
Elias,  45,  94-96,  165-166. 
Elias  F.  Dr.,  149-150. 
Elijah,  &1-85,  86-87. 
Elinor,  46. 
Elisha,  16. 
Eliza.  94,  149,  191. 
Eliza  Beach,  61. 
Eliza  Earl,  77. 
Eliza  J.,  97. 
Eliza  L.,  48,  1^. 
Eliza  W.,  97,  125. 
Eliza  v.,  73. 
Elizabeth,  78,  80,  85, 107, 

113,  122,  1.34,  136,  137. 

156,  169,  187. 
Elizabeth  A.,  47,  125. 
Elizabeth  B.,  124. 
Elizabeth  C,  121,  144. 
Elizabeth  H.,  18S. 
Elizabeth  J.,  75. 
Elizabeth  N.,  56. 
Elizabeth  W.,  192. 
Ella,  70. 
Ella  A.,  111. 
Ellen,  153,  154,  164. 
Ellen  M.,  82,  125. 
EUinor  R.,  140. 
Emeline,  47,  97,  165. 
Emily,  78,  192. 
Emily  A.,  61. 
Emily  S.,  123. 
Emma,  116,  166. 
EmmaG.,  111. 
EmmaK.,  172. 
Emma  L.,  56,  141,  190. 
Enoch  R.,  101. 
Enos,  45-47-189. 
Ervine  O.,  49. 
Eveline,  190. 
Esther  C,  75. 
Eunice,  43,  44,  79,  135, 

154,  157. 
Eunice  B.,  75. 
Eunice  D.,  106. 
Eunice  J.,  189. 
Ezekiel,  44. 
Ezra,  88,  140. 
Ezra  Buel,  71. 
Ezra  K.,  138-140. 
Ezra  Squires,  86-87. 


Fannie,  87. 
Fanny,  53. 
Farrand,  77. 
Filletty,  123. 
Frances,  46. 
Frances  C,  116. 
Frances  E.,  93. 
Frances  M.,  56,  190. 
Francis  B.,  1.55. 
Francis  L.,  100. 
Frauli,  95,  115. 
Frank  E.,  93. 
Frank  II.,  57. 
Frank  P.,  155. 


Frank  S.,  76. 
Frank  W.,  73. 
Fred,  90. 

Frederick  C,  83,  87. 
Frederick  M.,  121. 
Freeman,  17,  166. 
Freeman  Camp,  81. 


Garret  D.,  46-47. 
George,  14,  45,  78,  82, 

106,  165-166. 
George  A.,  78,  93,  190, 

193. 
George  C,  82,  171,  188. 
George  D.,  70. 
George  E.,  01. 
George  F.,  81,  110. 
George  I.,  124,  191. 
George  J.,  1.37. 
George  P.,  75. 
George  R.,  120. 
George  W.,  97,  125,  161, 

171,  192. 
Gertrude,  192. 
Grace  Andrews,  120. 
Granville  M.,  160. 

H. 

Hannah,  33,  45,  48,  63, 

68,   102,  114,    110,  135. 

148,  149,  159,  172,  176, 

182,  186. 
Hannah  A.,  161. 
Hannah  E.,  161. 
Hannah  J.,  158. 
Harriet,  68,  72,  97,  154. 
Harriet  E.,  92. 
Harriet  M.,  57,  125,  144. 
Harriet  N.,  82. 
Harriet  P.,  115. 
Harrison,  74, 105-106, 106 
Harrison  H.,  72. 
Harry,  88. 
Heber  P.,  81. 
Helen,  Ifrl. 
Helen  Mar.  192. 
Helen  Maria,  62. 
Henrietta  C,  191. 
Henrietta  Elizabeth,189. 
Henry,  16,  17,  01,  94-90, 

159,  102. 
Henry  A.,  81,  188. 
Henry  C,  171. 
Henry  H.,  151. 
Henry  Kingsland,  83. 
Henry  L.,  87,  171. 
Henry  M.,  ()2. 
Henry  P.,  115. 
Henry  Stevens,  17. 
Herbert.  82. 
Hetty,  70. 
Hervey  W.,  125. 
Hiram,  45,  52-54,  55,  56, 

106,  170. 
Hiram  Frederick,  171. 
Horace,  59,  03,  97. 
Horace  C,  07. 
Horace  F.,  108. 
Horace  L.,  1.38. 
Horace  R.,  191. 


Ida  Elizabeth,  190. 
Ira,  53-57,  172. 
Ira  C,  115. 
Ira  Freeman,  191. 


Ira  S.,  57. 

Irene  L.,  108. 

Isaac,  43-50,  45,  51-63,58- 

59,  59,  79-80,  92-98,  96, 

105-100. 
Isaac  A.,  97. 
Isaac  B.,  110. 
Isaac  Davis  Dr.,  60-61 
Isaac  N.,  57-80-81,   165- 

167. 
Isabella,  13,  76. 
Israel,  123-125. 
Israel  L.,  124. 
Ithiel,  153,  156. 

J. 

Jabish,  84,  85. 
Jacob  S.,  1.38. 
Jairus,  51-60,  54-56. 
James,  15,  16,  47,  48-49, 

82,  149-150, 158-159,160, 

107,  169-172. 
James  Collard,  82. 
James  F.,  152. 
James  H.,  140. 
James  L.,  160. 
James  Monroe,  60. 
James  P.,  144. 
James  B.  Prof.,  17. 
James  W.,  124. 
James  V.,  150. 
Jane,  58,  08,  72,  76,  78, 

92,  93,  95,  96,  99,  107, 

118,  149,   173,  174. 
Jane  A.,  58. 
Jared,  65,  67,  68-70. 
Jeduthun,  153-158,  160. 
Jemima,  47-189, 101, 157, 

165,  169,  173,  186. 
Jennie  E.,  83. 
Jennette,  70. 
Jenny,  104,  166. 
Jephthah,  50,  57-58,  92- 

93. 
Jesse,  165-167,  174,  175. 
Jesse  A.,  83. 
Joanna,  50,  00,  102,  193. 
Joanna  Mary,  193. 
Job,  193. 
Joel,  58.  60. 
John,  (First)  40-112. 
John,    (Second)    99-113- 

114. 
John,  (Third)  114-118. 
John,  10,  16,  10,  71,  77, 

96,    120,    165-167,   166, 

167,  172,  17.3. 
John  Rev.,  10-194,  61-63. 
John  B.,  99,  150. 
John  BellengerDr.,  140. 
John  C,  192. 
John,    (Carpenter)   1.33- 

109. 
John  F.,  120,  152. 
John  Francis,  47. 
JohnF.  Rev.,  49. 
John  G.,  136. 
Tohn  H.,  55,  1.54-155. 
John  Jairus,  62. 
John  K.,  8.3. 
John  M.,  137,  151,  159- 

100,  191-192. 
John  N.,  156. 
John  R.,  123,  134. 
John  Taylor,  76. 
John  Thomas,  48. 
John  v.,  189. 
John  W.,  72, 107-108,160. 
Jonas,  48, 187.  I 


Jonathan,  45, 48, 183-194. 
Joseph,  43-64,  47,  65,  71- 

73,  74,  104-107, 157, 160, 

174-175. 
Joseph  B.,  124. 
Joseph  C,  125-126,161. 
Joseph  H.,  76,160. 
Joseph  L. ,  47,  73. 
Joseph  M.,  73,  78. 
Joseph  S.  Dr.,  118-120. 
Joseph  S.  W.,  159-161. 
JoaephuB,  105-100. 
Joshua,  90-109. 
Joshua  H.,  71-72,  73. 
Joshua  W.,  49,  159. 
Josiah,  16,  80-81. 
Josiah  F.,  125-126. 
Julia,  48,  55. 
Julia  A.,    69,    155,  161 

164,  165,  192. 
Julia  F.,  56,  120,  126. 
Julia  G.,  81. 
Julia  I.,  83. 
Julia  8..  144. 
Julia  W.,  70,  143. 
Julicette,  95. 
Juniah,  102,  103. 

K. 

Kate.  116. 
Kate  C,  83. 
Keturah,  186. 
Keziah,  134,  159,  174. 


Lafayette,  97. 
Laura  A.,  191. 
Laura  C,  124. 
Laura  L.,  83. 
Laurinda,  190. 
Lavinia,  117. 
Lebbeus,  134-135,  1.36. 
Lemuel.  78,  166. 
Levi,  153-154. 
Levi  A.,  154-155. 
Levi  N.,  151. 
Lewis,  67-68-92.  70,  80, 

97.  105,  100,  116. 
Lewis  Kelsey,  59. 
Lewis  S.,  138-143. 
LiUis,  171. 
Linus,  114-121. 
Linus  C,  121. 
Lione,  95. 
Livia,  93. 
Lois,  71. 

Lois  Caroline,  54. 
Louis  F.,  192. 
Louisa,  74,  120,  164,  199. 
Louisa  C,  120. 
Louisa  M.,  190. 
Lovina,  1.53. 
Lucetta,  160. 
Lucian,  93. 
Lucinda,  116. 
Lucinda  A.,  55. 
Lucius,  86. 
Lucy,  58,  80,  187. 
Lucy  A.,  110. 
Luther  Rev.,  1.57-158. 
Lydia,  63,  65,  67,  68,  74, 

93,  97,  98-122,  115,  122, 

12:j,  105. 
Lydia  Ann,  46,  99,  lOG. 
Lydia  C,  126. 
Lydia  Grace,  70. 


INDEX, 


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M. 

Mahetabel,  5-1. 

Malinda,  IGii. 

Marcus  D.,  115. 

Margaret,  4G,  55,  15il. 

Margaret  A.,  125. 

Margaret  C.,78. 

Margaret  E.,  7T,  KM). 

Margaret  P.,  75. 

Margaretta,  117. 

Maria,  72,  80,  100,  157, 
162. 

Maria  E.,  108. 

Maria  L.,  57,  73,  117. 

Marian,  152,  167. 

Marianua,  83. 

Marietta,  126. 

Martha,  74,  93,  168,  182- 
183,  185,  190. 

Martlia  A.,  98, 160. 

Martha  B.,  143. 

Marvin,  171. 

Mary,  19-:«,  30-33-34, 47. 
58,  58, 60,  61,  65, 67, 71, 
74,  79,  82, 85,  87,  88,  95, 
113,  116,  117,  122,  136, 
143,  144.  148,  1.50,  1.53. 

157,  1.59,  162,  164,  166. 
167,  172,  173,  177,  182. 
185,  188,  191,  193. 

Mary  A.,  83,  164,  165. 
Mary  Amelia,  63. 
Mary  Ann,  47, 49, 96, 135. 
>[ary  Ann  C,  99,  151. 
Mary  Antoinette,  56. 
Mary  B.,  139. 
Mary  C,  190, 192. 
Mary  Calhoun,  56. 
Mary  Caroline,  111,  192. 
Mary  D..  77. 
Mary  E.,  59,  73,  78,  82, 
83,  94,  97, 110, 116, 126, 

158,  160,  162,  189. 
Mary  Frances,  55,  61. 
Mary  H.,  93. 
Mary  Isabella,  75. 
Mary  Jane,  75,  77,  98. 
Mary  K.,  57-81. 
^lary  Lisdon,  115. 
]\Iary  Louisa,  62,  81 . 
Mary  M.,  91-183. 
Mary  S.,  1.58. 
Mary  T.,  117. 
Mary  V..  98. 
Mary  W.,  76, 190. 
Matilda  A.,  55. 
Matilda  W.,  126. 
Matthew,    91-98,   92-97, 

169,  170-171. 
Matthias,  64-65,  74,  109- 

110. 
Matthias  M.,  68-69,  70. 
Mehetabel  G.,  137. 
Mercy,  33-:i4. 
Millard,  167. 
Millard  F.,  98. 
Milton  Coles,  70. 
Mima,  118. 
Minnie  Elizabeth.  62. 
Mira,  77. 
Moranda,  97. 
Moreau,  63. 
Moses,  43,  50,  52,  54-55. 

61-62,  65-76,  76,  77,  77. 
Moses  W.,  57. 

N. 

Nancy,  45,  46,  07-115,  71, 
123,  159. 


Naomi,  172,  187. 
Nathan  A.,  15ti. 
Nathaniel,  50,  90-91,  92, 

101). 

Nathaniel  II.,  111. 
Natlianiel  J.,  61-62.  i 

Nathaniel  K.,  98-99-122.1 
Necoda,  l{i9. 
Nortou.  1.5(1. 

o 

Oceana.  1.58. 
Oliver,  162,  165. 
Orin  C,  7(5. 
Orley,  106,  KIT. 
Oscar,  124. 

P. 

Pamelia,  160. 

Parker,  1.54-155. 

Parker  K..  1.55. 

Parmenas,  91-92.  94-9.5, 
1:M-162. 

Parmenas  C,  164. 

Pattv,  187-193. 

Perry,  166. 

Phebe,  45,  .58,  80.  102. 
105,  106,  109,  113.  120, 
122.  124,  13(),  J.53,  163, 
165,  166,  Ki",  172,  174. 

Phebe  A.,  124,  1.51. 

Phebe  J.,  121. 

Phebe  M.,  81,  86. 

Phebe  Pierson,  57. 

Phebe  T..  138. 

Philemon.  86. 

Philemon  ('..  ST. 

Philetta.  80. 

Philetta  (_'..  .56. 

Pierson  Gardner.  s:j. 

Polly,  105.  106. 

Polly  R..  123. 

R. 

Rachel.  64.  66,  68.   13(;, 

1.58,  173. 
Ralph,  13. 
Rauford,  171. 
Rebecca,  84. 182-183, 186. 

193. 
Reuel,  151. 
Reuben.  92-98-122. 
Reuben  N.,  99. 
Reuben  W..  125-126. 
Rhoda,  58,  122,  153. 
Rhoda  J.,  157. 
Rhoda  Maria,  170. 
Rhoda  Matilda,  (iO. 
Richard.  46,  1()6. 
Richard  W.,  73. 
Robert,  13,  46,  110-190. 

Ill,  193. 
Robert  H..  57.  111. 
Robert  H.  C.  120. 
Robert  S.,  144. 
Robert  W.,  46. 
Rodney  Augustus,  1(i4. 
Rosa,  162. 
Rosa  G.,  120. 
Rufus,  153-157. 
Rufus  E.,  158. 
Rufus  K.,  15.5. 
Rufus  W.,  1.57. 
Ruth,  150,  151. 


s. 

Sally,  105,  105. 
Sally  M.,  151,  ISS. 


Samuel,  15,16,17,45,48,, 

156,  170,  176,  186.  I 

Samuel  let,  M-179-181. 
Samuel  2d,  182-185. 
Samuel  3d,  187. 
Samuel  4th,  47-187-189. 
Samuel  5th,  189-190. 
Samuel    (of    Guilford.) 

131-176. 
Samuel  B.,  143. 
Samuel  C,  si,  117. 
Samuel  C.  T.,  154-1,55. 
Samuel  D.,  97. 
Samuel  F.,  172. 
Samuel  H.,  124. 
Samuel  I.,  11.5. 
Samuel  J.,  161. 
Samuel  M.,  58,  115,  110- 

IIT. 
Samuel  O.,  124. 
Samuel  S.,  191. 
Samuel  T.,  123-124. 
Samuel  U.,  117-172. 
Samuel  W.,  190. 
Sarah,  43,  45.  46,  47,  50, 

61.   68.  74,  79.   84,  86, 

119,  122,  135,  148,  149, 

150,  1.53,  163,  165,  167, 

176,191,  192. 
Sarah  A.,  62,  74,  80,  117, 

137,  162,  166,  172. 
Sarah  A.  M.,  192. 
Sarah  B.,  154. 
Sarah    C,   110-190,  138, 

191. 
Sarah  Davis,  61. 
Sarah  E.,  49,  59,  99.126. 

161,  190. 
Sarah  Estella,  48. 
Sarah  F.,  160. 
Sarah  Jane,  56.  70. 
Sarah  L..  75.  124. 
Sarah  Maria.  ITl,  188. 
Sarah  Matilda,  .56.  111. 
Sears  D.,  6T. 
Sebra,  93-9.5. 
Selah.  95. 
Seth  Williston,  93. 
Silas.  90-99,  1.53,  154-157. 

15S-1.59.  160. 
Silas  B..  161. 
Silas  F.,  157-1.58. 
Silas  N.,  156. 
Silas  W.,  11.5,  160. 
Solomon  Christie,  55. 
Sophia  Irere,  191. 
Stephen,  90.  92-93.   101. 

102.    104,   105-106.  KIT, 

115,    136,   13T,  163-165, 
166. 
Stephen  Rev.,  52-.53. 
Stephen    (the    Cooper). 

40-90. 
Stephen    (of   Guilford), 

20-:i4-129-131. 
Stephen  (of  Mendham), 

133-134. 
Stephen  B.,  148-1.51. 
Stephen  B.  Dr.,  151-1.52. 
Stephen  D. ,  56. 
Stephen  G.  Rev.,  120- 

121. 
Stephen  11.,  ,55-56,  5T, 

115,  124. 
Stephen  J.,  99. 
Stephen  L.,  93. 
Stephen  W.,  110. 
Susan,  85,  9T,  167. 
Susan  B.,  139,  143. 
Susan  C,  172. 


Susan  n.,  i:58. 
Susannah,  140,  182-184. 


Thaddeus.  92,  1.56. 
Thaddeus  Dr..  149. 
Thaddeus  B.,  151. 
Thaddeus  Rev.,  20-134- 

148. 
Thaddeus  S.,  105-107. 
Theodore,  81,  140. 
Theodore  11.,  87. 
Theodore  R..  191. 
Theresa  Matilda,  189. 
Theron  S.,  124. 
Thomas,    17,  43-44.   45. 

47-48,  49,  150. 
Tliomas  A..  1.54-155. 
Thomas  B.,  17. 
Thomas  C,  60,  75-76. 
Thomas  M.,  159-160. 
Thomas  S.,  125. 
Thomas  V.,  160. 
Timothy,  11,  15, 133-174. 

u 

Ucal,  1:34-168. 
Uzal,  114-lKi. 

V. 

Valeria,  71. 
Viann,  166. 
Viner  V.,  115. 
Virginia  W.,  126. 

W. 

Wallace,  82. 

Walter,  87. 

Walter  Howel.  82. 

Walter  Z..  124. 

Willard.  95. 

William,   12,   17.  49.  60, 

66-109,  (;9-70.  74,  8(>-88. 

87,   88,   93,  94-95.  143. 

149,  159,  160,  173. 
William  Rev.,  13T. 
William  A.,  82,  189. 
WiUiam   A.   Rev..   139- 

144. 
William  B.,  110-111.123. 

138,  188-189. 
William  C.  158. 
William  Henrv.  16.  111. 

116. 
William  H.  (".,  190. 
William  H.  H..  9T. 
William  J.,  TO.  75. 
William  L..  137. 
William  M.,  57,  188. 
William  M.  F.,  62. 
William  P.,  93. 
William  R.,  81.  1.58. 
William  S..  76. 
William    W..    156,   1.57- 

158. 
William  Y.,  68. 
Willis  Gorman.  1.89. 


Zebina,     98-99    122-123. 

134 
Ziha,'  163. 
Zilpha,  1S8. 
Zophar  Baldwin.  74-75. 


218 


1  NDEX^ 


Part  II.     Christian  Names  of  persons  other  than  Dodd  (or  Dod.) 


Ackermaii. 
Oastina,  49. 

Adams. 
Heni-y  Orlando.  9". 

Adkins. 
Elinor,  159. 

Albers. 
Hance  or  Hans,  181. 

Alexander. 
Samuel,  154. 

Allen. 
Abner  W.,  70. 
Daniel,  10-2. 
Stephen  Oney,  101. 

Ailing. 
Samuel,  43. 
Sarah,  42. 

Anclniss. 
Mary  K.,  110. 
Stephen  H.,  110. 

Arent. 
Dr.  Jacob,  133. 

Armstrong. 
Rev.  Dr.  Amzi.  141-193. 
Amzi,  193. 
Jane,  193. 

Atwater. 
Lucy,  90. 

Axtell. 
Hannah,  153.  157. 
Jemima,  102. 
Nathan,  102. 
William  H.,M.  D.,  153- 

154. 

Aymar. 
Charles  Edwin,  192. 

Babbit. 
LydiaH.,  70. 
Phebe,  105. 

Bacon. 
Sophia,  123. 

Baldwin. 
Abbv,  123. 
Caleb,  110,  135. 
David.  43. 
Eliza  Y.,  190. 
Elizabeth,  08. 
Emeline,  50. 
Eunice,  58,  74,  92. 
Fannie,  55. 
Ichabod,  50. 
John  J.,  122-123. 
Jonathan,  79. 
Joseph,  123,  184. 
Lucy,  109. 
Marv.  121.  135. 
Matilda,  59. 
Matthias,  50. 
Moses,  184. 
Phebe,  81,  148. 
Rachel,  150. 
Reuben,  123. 
Rhoda,  110. 
Sarah,  123,  187. 
Squire,  79. 
Susannah,  184. 

Ball. 
Abner,  105. 
Daniel,  182. 
Edward,  127. 
Hannah,  182. 
Jonathan,  182. 
Joseph,  84. 
Rebecca,  182. 
Samuel,  182. 
Thomas,  133. 


Ballard. 
Aaron  E.,  74. 

Barge. 
Elizabeth,  158. 

Barker. 
Joseph,  102. 

Barnard. 
Elisha  W..  40. 

Barnes. 
Mary  Ann,  03. 

Barton . 
Martha  Ann,  111. 

Bates. 
Mary,  85. 
Phebe,  138. 
William,  85. 

Batterson. 
Joseph,  84-88. 

Bayard. 
Caroline  S.,  143. 
Hon.  Samuel,  143. 

Beach. 
Ellen  D.,  82. 

Beale. 
Elizabeth,  100. 

Beam. 
Hassel  H.,  40. 

Beckwith. 
Rhoda,  104. 

Bedell. 
Susan,  111. 

Beebe. 
Charles,  93. 

Belknap. 
Mira  Elizabeth,  77. 

Bennet. 
Deborah  Jane,  192. 

Benton. 
Hannah,  170. 

Berry. 
Catharine,  47. 

Bigelow. 
Mary,  188. 
Mary  D.,  190. 

Blatchley. 
Aaron,  20-34-42. 
Mary,  131. 

Bliss. 
George  R.,  159-101. 

Blodgett. 
Loraine,  100. 

Bloodgood. 
Emma,  70. 

Bogart. 
Rachel  F.,  55. 

Bonte. 
Nancy,  159. 

Boram. 
William,  46. 

Bradford. 
Abner,  150. 
Ann  Maria,  72. 
Eli,  150. 
Margaret,  150. 

Bradley. 
Lieut.  Stephen,  132. 

Briggs. 
Margaret,  93. 

Brightman. 
Ruth,  95. 

Britten. 
Benjamin,  188. 

Bi'own. 
David,  139. 
Deborah,  134. 
Isabel,  154. 
John,  40. 


120. 


Phebe,  40. 
Khoda  C,  138. 
William,  \U-\9a. 
William  Col.,  138. 

Brower. 
Emeline,  81. 
Samuel  A..  120. 

Bruen. 
.labez,  44, 

Buckingham. 
Luclnda,  150. 

Buttz. 
Daniel,  143. 

Burgis. 

,  132. 

John,  170. 
Thomas,  170. 

Burnet. 
William,  84-88. 


Cadmus. 
Cornelia,  187. 

Calhoun . 
Rebeeca  Ann,  50 

Campbell. 
Ira,  58. 
Lydia,  100. 
Peter,  110. 

Canfleld. 
Benjamin  O. 
Betsey,  191. 
Catharine,  59. 
Joseph,  171. 
Polly,  82. 
Sallv  Ann,  171. 
Sarah  E.,  59. 

Carhuf. 
Elinor,  190. 

Carle. 
Eliza,  70. 

Carlock. 
Delph,  173. 
Henry,  172. 

Carpenter. 
Henry,  71. 

Carter. 
Martha,  183. 

Cary. 
Daniel,  135. 
Joel,  135. 

Chandler. 
Albert,  113. 
Andrew  K.,  113. 
Calvin,  113. 
Caroline,  113. 
Conger,  113. 
David,  113. 
David  D.,  113. 
Elizabeth,  113. 
Evi,  113. 
Francis,  113. 
John,  113. 
Joseph,  113. 
Julia,  113. 
Marcus,  113. 
Martha,  113. 
Mary,  113. 
Nathaniel,  113. 
Robert  A.,  125. 
Sarah  T.,  113. 
Susan,  113. 
Zenas,  113. 

Christy. 
Kate  Priscilla,  1 

Clark. 
Nancy  M.,  74. 


Climo. 
Arthur,  81. 

Cleveland. 
Juliette,  02. 

Cochran. 
Jane,  75. 

Coggeswell  or  Cogi- 
ivell. 
Sophia,  188. 

Colkns. 
Catharine,  120. 
Joseph,  79. 
Sarah  C,  73. 

Commic/e. 
John,  154. 

Condit. 
Abial  M.,  173. 
Abigail,  109. 
Amzi,  100. 
Asenath,  100. 
Cheveril,  115-117. 
Daniel,  91-183, 153. 
Daniel  D,,  121. 
David,  183. 
David  W.,  100. 
Elizabeth,  78. 
Emeline,  100. 
Enoch,  100. 
Eunice,  100. 
Hannah,  79,  100. 
Hannah  M.,  117. 
Ira,  81. 
Japhia.  99. 
Jemima,  117. 
Joel,  171. 

John,  79,  91,  100. 18.3. 
John  Dr.,  183. 
Jonas,  148. 
Jonathan,  183. 
Joseph  S.,  100. 
Lydia,  100. 
Mary.  115, 183. 
Mary  W.,  170. 
Matthew,  91. 
Nancy,  100. 
Peter,  183. 
Reuben,  99. 
Hutli,  91. 

Samuel,  117, 183-07. 
Samuel  Sen'r,  182. 
Samuel  W.,170. 
Silas  Hon.,  182. 
Silas  D.,  100. 
Simon,  100. 

Conger. 
Rachel,  113. 

Conklin. 
Sarah  Ann,  192. 

Cook. 
Ebenezer,  134. 
Jabez,  80. 

Couman. 
Lydia,  90. 

Cotvl. 
Ann  Eliza,  70. 

Coy. 
John,  159. 

Crabbe. 
Mary  Ann,  72. 

Cramer. 
Mary,  134. 

Crane. 
Abby,  61. 
Caleb  S.,  170. 
David,  112. 
David  D.,  74. 
Deborah,  70. 


INDEX. 


219 


Elihu.  112. 
Eveline,  99. 
Ezekiel,  52-123. 
Gamaliel,  92. 
Jane,  92. 
Jason,  5T. 
Jasper.  Jr. ,  11 2. 
Job,  112. 
Jonathan,  112. 
Joseph,  112. 
Julia,  54. 
Lois,  52. 
Matthias,  112. 
Philetta,  57. 
Samuel,  65. 
Simeon,  02. 

Crang. 
Fernando,  6S. 

Crew. 
John  T.,  190. 

Crilley. 
Elizabeth  C,  62. 

Cunningham. 
KobeitS.,151. 

Curtu. 
Anna  B.,  86. 

Darling. 
Augusta,  81. 

Davey. 
Edmund  H.,  58. 

Dav'u. 
Anne,  80. 
Calebs.,  63. 
Sallv,  60. 
Thomas,  42. 
Thomas  C.  82. 

Day. 
Jeremv,  1-35. 
Robert  Patton.  T6. 

Dean. 
Elizabeth.  11.3. 
Harriet.  113. 
Hiram,  113. 
John,  113. 
Linas,  113. 
Marr,  113. 
Phebe,  113. 

Debo. 
Theodore.  46. 

Denniston. 
Anthonv,  113. 
Da\'id,  il3. 
George.  11.3. 
.Joseph,  113. 
Marv.  113. 
Nathaniel,  113. 
Robert  Hon.,  113. 

Dewitt. 
Phebe,  165. 
Rosa  A.,  101. 

DUley. 
Thomas,  1.53. 

Doty. 
Xancy  Maria,  126. 

Dougla.'^s. 
William  B..  6T. 

Doii\ 
Frances.  113. 

Doivnx. 
Georgiana.  82. 

Duncan. 
Mary  A..  108. 

Dunham. 
John,  68. 

Durban. 
Christina.  155. 
Edward,  154. 
Edward  S..  154. 
Frances,  154. 


John,  154. 
Levi  S.,  154. 

Eagles. 
John,  45. 

Early. 
Cornelia,  61. 
William,  70. 

Edo. 
Mary,  45-47. 

Edwards. 
Dennis  P.,  67. 

Elam. 
Frances  W.,  111. 

EUls. 
Faances  W.,  77. 

English. 
James,  138. 

Evarts. 
Mary,  176. 

Exley. 
Thomas,  .58. 

Fairchikl. 
Ann  M.,  .50. 
Samuel,  186. 

Faidkner. 
Charles  R.,  191. 

Fisher. 
Ludwick,  159-161. 
Lydia,  1.52. 

Flenniken. 
Ruth,  149. 

Follet. 
Hiram,  60. 

Force. 
Joseph,  74. 

Fountain. 
Moses,  102. 

Fowler. 

,  20-34. 

Anna,  131-132, 
Benjamin,  54. 
Elizabeth,  55. 

Fox. 
Sarah,  107. 

Frame. 
Jane  Amelia.  120. 
William,  120. 

Francis. 
Emma  L.,  83. 

Frazee. 
Francis,  168. 
i  William.  168. 
1     Freeman. 
Charity,  152. 
George  W.,  117. 
'Phebe,  116. 
Samuel,  116. 
Timothy,  43. 

French. 
Jonathan  B.,  61. 

Gardner. 
Jesse,  100. 
;  Moses,  100. 
;  Gai-ish. 
Samuel,  47. 
;  Garrabrunt. 
Catharine,  67. 

Gilham. 
S.  W.,  171. 
i     Gould. 
Hannah,  1.37. 
.Joseph.  137. 
Mehetabel.  136. 
William  Gen"!,  137. 
I     Gray. 
lAlfredW.,Dr.,  71. 


Grear. 
Mary,  155. 

Green. 
J.  W.,143. 

Greig. 
Achsah,  113. 
Catharine,  113. 
James,  11.3. 
Melissa.  113. 

GrenneU. 
Anne,  105. 

Griffin. 
WiUiam,  190. 

Grover. 
Maria  D.,  120. 
Stephen  Rev.,  120. 

Gurney. 
Philip,  46. 

Ha'tght. 
Reuben  C.  106. 

Haine.^. 
Ex-Gov.  Daniel,  112. 

H(dl. 
AVilliam.  1.37, 101. 

Hallain. 
Mary,  48. 

HaUoway. 
Mary,  156. 

Hoisted. 
Enos  J..  121. 
Letitia,  124. 

Handley. 
William,  48. 

Harrington. 
Ann  Elizabeth.  191. 
Joanna  S.,  101. 
John,  101. 
Louisa,  191. 
Mary,  191. 

Harrison. 
Abigail,  114. 
Albert,  100. 
Amos,  160. 
Amzi,  07. 
Ann,  57. 
AuuL.,  191. 
Betsev,  58. 
Elizabeth.  82-121. 
Ichabod,  100,  109-121. 
Jabez.  84. 
Jane  E.,  144. 
■Jemima,  169. 
John,  90. 
Joseph,  122-170. 
Martha,  49,  185. 
Marv,  81, 113,  173,  183. 
Nathaniel,  92. 
Phebe,  90-121. 
Richard  Sergeant,  183. 
Samuel,  183. 
Sarah.  122, 172. 
Sarah  M.,  83. 
Stephen,  109. 
Tamar,  170. 

Hart. 
Mary  Ann,  152. 

Hartford. 
Reuben  Frederick,  101. 

Hathaway. 
Jemima.  Vu. 

Hariland. 
Francis,  46. 

Hay.i. 
Sarah,  48. 

Hedden. 
David,  184, 
Ebenezer,  184. 
Edward,  184. 
Elijah,  183, 


100. 


Isaac,  184. 
Israel,  184. 
James,  184. 
Jonathan,  183. 
■Joseph,  Sen'r,  183. 
Joseph.  184. 
Martha,  l^yi. 
Moses,  184. 
Rebekah,  183. 
Sarah.  184. 
William,  184. 

Heimer. 
Mary  Ann,  72. 

Herdman. 
Sally,  172. 

Herrick. 
Harman,  113. 

Hewitt. 
John,  45. 

mil. 

Ann,  140. 

Hinkman. 
Polly,  92-93. 

Hinman. 
Elizabeth,  187. 
Jonas,  187. 

Hitchcock. 
Julia  B..  78. 

Hoe. 
Rachel,  57. 

Hoeyman. 
Angeline,  124. 

Homan. 
Abigail,  168. 
J.  C,  134-168. 
Sarah  Ann,  90. 

Hood. 
Jonathan  A. 

Hopler. 
Ann,  85. 

Hoskins. 
■John  L.,  164. 

Hubbard. 
Esther,  14.3. 
I    Hughes. 
ilssachar,  187. 

Hunt. 
Ebenezer,  103. 
Henderson,  104. 
.  Sylvester,  46. 
jWilleston,  104. 

'     Ingham. 
Hon.  Samuel  D.,  103. 

In.4ee. 
WiUiam  R.,  137. 

Ja<:obus. 
Annie,  46. 
■James,  48. 
■James.  Jr.. 
Sarah,  48. 

James. 
Mary  or  Polly,  SO. 

■Tuques. 
Susan  E.,  70. 

Jennings. 
Horace  N.,  69. 
Susan,  160. 
i     Jewell. 
Mary  P.,  75. 
Samuel.  79. 

John.wn. 

,  184. 

;  Jonathan,  153. 
1  Louis.  153. 
Thomas,  112. 
;''Vi]liam  Deacon,  132. 
I     Jones. 
i  Elizabeth,  137. 


49. 


220 


INDEX. 


Harriet  X.,  18!). 
Jane,  1&4. 
Sarah  Jane,  155. 

Kanoxtfe. 
John  G.,  Rev.,  S5. 

Keekr. 
Coleman  J.,  TO. 

Kfllofj. 
Emily.  155. 

Kent. 
Abigail,  IT-l. 
Jacob,  174. 
Jane.  174. 
Keziah,  174. 
Lncinda,  174. 
Margaret.  174. 
Nancy,  174. 
Siraoh,  174. 

Kilburn. 
Daniel  J.,  172. 
Hannah  L.,  1-.J1. 
Isaac  B.,  78. 
Thomas  D.,  121. 

Kbuj. 
Anry,  50-58. 
Charles  A.,  7'.;. 
Henrv.  5.S. 
Isaac.  100. 
Mary.  .58. 
Mary  Ann,  S;]. 
Lewis,  85. 

Kingduml. 
Mary,  55. 

Kinnear. 
Jane,  15.5. 

Lampson. 
Eleazer.  11-2. 
Elizabeth.  ll-,>. 

Langhron  or  Lanrjhor 
Rev.  Joshna,  164. 

Langston. 
Edmnnd,  llw. 

Latham. 
Mary,  59. 

Law. 
Abigail  Ann,  53. 

L^r. 
Henry,  06. 

Lee. 
Samuel,  105. 

Leonard. 
Catharine,  116. 
Catharine  Ann,  87. 
Phebe,  15". 

Lewis. 
Adeline,  72. 
Benjamin,  105. 

Lidddl. 
John,  45. 

Light. 
Lodowick,  105. 
Orley,  104. 

Li'ndsley. 
Hannah,  153. 
Jemima,  101. 
Mary.  64. 

Ltnford. 
Rebecca.  40. 

Littell. 
,86. 

Lloyd. 
Mary.  .55. 

Long. 
Elizabeth  F.,  40. 


LongMrttt. 
Emma  M.  F.,  120. 

LoK'jridgt. 
William,  i:i5. 

Low. 
Cornelius,  104. 

Litellen. 
Lemuel,  140. 
William,  140. 

Li/nde. 
William  A..  71. 
j     Lyon. 
David,  171. 
Sally,  171. 

Macomljtr. 

Eliza,  61. 

JIaher. 

James.  48. 

MaUery. 

Isaac,  03. 

Marr. 
Thomas.  74. 

Martin. 
Charlotte,  08. 
Jane  Caroline,  08. 
George  P.,  138. 

Mat  theirs. 

Isaac,  172. 

Ma.von . 

Hannah.  44. 

McCdliirn. 

Hester.  1.52. 

McClinnathan. 
[Allan,  140. 
I    Mc  bracken. 
t  James,  82. 

McFarland. 
Cephas  D..  110. 
John,  140. 
n  Ruth,  140-162. 
Williams..  140. 
i     Me  Gray. 
I  Augusta,  KVI. 
[Augustus,  164. 
MaryE.,  164. 
Samuel,  IW. 
,     Mcintosh. 
Elizabeth.  143. 
I    McKnight. 
i  Hannah,  156. 
I    Mead. 

Jacob  K.,  SO,  187-103. 
John,  84. 
Theodore,  103. 

Meekei . 
Elias.  123. 
Meiiusan. 
Adeline.  160. 

Milltr. 
•Icmima.  07. 
Phebe,  100. 
SvlvesterB.,  138. 

'Millikin. 
John,  140. 
Mingis. 
'John,  45. 
Minor. 
Rev.  John,  130. 
Mint  on. 

,  13.5. 

I    Mitchell. 
Aaron  P.,  60. 
Winthrop  D.,  60. 

Moore. 
Edwin  J..  100. 


148. 


James  P..  151 
Nancy,  151. 

Morehouse. 
Betsev.  107. 
Esther  E.,  77. 

Morriii. 
David.  M.  D.. 
Samuel,  122. 

Mulford. 
Adeline  R.,  8;3. 

Miinn. 
Amos,  00-100. 
Bethuel,  W,  KM). 
Hannah,  KKI. 
Jemima,  100. 
Phebe,  58-100. 
Sarah,  65. 
ISUas,  100. 
Smith,  100. 
I    Mumon. 
PhUenia,  165. 

Netccombe. 
Sarah,  44, 

Newkirk. 
Eliza,  161. 
Nancy.  161. 

Xor)-is. 
Betsey,  175. 
John,  165. 

Rowland. 
Mahala,  151. 

Xiitman. 
Hannah,  104. 
John  Rev.,  104. 
1  Sarah,  193. 


Onh-<. 
•loseph  K..  75. 

(jgdtn. 
Aaron  Ex-{iov..  145. 
David,  112-170. 
John,  112. 
Josiah,  112. 
Lydia.  46. 
Mary,  170. 
Robert,  112. 
Swaine,  112-170. 
Thomas.  170. 

Osborne. 
Charles  S.,  68. 
Elias,  80. 
Jacob,*  78. 
Martha,  173. 
Mary.  77. 

I    Parker. 
iJulianna,  154. 
I    Fat  Chen. 
I  John,  04. 
Lucy,  05. 

I    Pearce  or  Pierce. 
Sarah,  87. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  83. 
Sallv  Fenner,  60. 

Peck. 
Hardv,  107. 
John;  113. 
John.  Judge,  loi. 
Joseph,  113. 
Joseph.  Deacon.  101. 
Peter,  Deacon.  113. 
Ruth.  101. 
Stephen,  113. 

Peet. 
Susan  Elizabeth.  81. 


Peffers. 
Amy,  170. 

Perkins. 
Phebe,  44. 

Perrine. 
Humphry  M.,  Bcv..  53. 

Perry. 
Abigail.  174. 
Cornelia,  100. 
John.  100. 

Pier  son. 
Albert.  193. 
Calvin  D.,  117. 
Charles  L.,  68. 
Elihu.  53. 
Elizabeth,  121. 
Enos,  100. 
Louisa,  172. 
Mary,  185. 
Phebe.  53,  100. 
Sarah.  100. 
Theodore.  111. 

Pitt. 
Jesse  B..  120. 
I    Poland. 
Nancy.  159. 
I    Pomeroy. 
Mrs.  Mary,  157. 

Porter. ' 
lAbby,  115. 

Presher. 
Celesta  D.,  03. 

Price. 
Frank  H.  8:}. 
1     Pugsley. 
Eliza,  97. 

Q'lackfnhoas. 
Augustus  v..  163. 
F.lizabeth  Maria.  163. 
Jane  A.,  163. 

Randall. 
Rebekah.  103. 

Pandolph. 
Hugh  F.,  110. 

Mange. 

Miss,  98. 

Betsev,  123, 
John,"  52-123. 

Bead. 
Maria  Wiser.  62. 

Petty. 
Robert,  94. 

Peston. 
Robert,  86. 

Reynolds. 
James.  65. 

Rice. 
Lucy.  02. 

Eiggs. 
f:iizabeth.  13.3. 
Ilaiiiiah.  157. 
J()sci)h.  i:W,  148. 
Richard,  06. 
Samuel,  133. 

Riker. 
Catharine,  07. 
David.  174. 
Mary.  02-03. 

Rion  or  Ryan. 
Mary,  166. 
Sarah,  166. 

Rof)b. 
Rhoda.  158. 


*  This  name  was  by  mistake  given  as  Joseph,  and  was  so  printed  in  the  text. 


INDEX. 


221 


Roberts. 
Elijah,  100. 

Bobbins. 
Levi,  55. 
Royal,  (it. 

iiobinson. 
Heuiy.  i;»l. 
Peter,  139. 

Rogers. 
Joseph,  118. 

Rowe. 
Conrad,  172. 
Harriet,  m. 

Ruckmai). 
Margaret,  158. 

Riinyon. 
Clark,  190. 
David  C,  fiS. 

Rupe. 
Mary  Ann,  GO. 

Rnkm. 
William  D.,  Sa. 

Sanders. 
A«i,  16.3. 
Avres,  1&2. 
Cyrus,  1:M. 
Ephraim.  131. 

Snm/ford. 
John,  154. 
Joseph,  54, 
Sarah  B.,  T3. 

Savage. 
Hannah,  ITG. 

Sayre. 
Mary,  110, 113. 

Sayres. 
Jane,  126. 
Ruth  Mrs.,  158. 

Scisco. 
Eliza,  123. 

Scohy. 
Benuiah,  94. 

Scott. 
Joseph,  85. 
William,  85. 

Scudder. 
Enoch.  1.59-llil. 

Seaman. 
Maria  1)..  is. 

Sergeant. 
Jonathan.  194. 

Seward. 
Eliza  J.,  T2. 

Shaw. 
Eliza,  121. 
Richard,  86. 

Shear. 
Cornelia,  16". 

Shepherd. 
Emma,  167. 
Lucinda.  167. 

Sherinii/i. 
Lora,  111). 

Simnwiis. 
Benjamin.  191. 

Simpson. 
Eiiphemia,  .5(1. 

Sinkey. 
Sarah  Ann,  152. 

Sloper. 
Mary.  47. 

Smith. 
Daniel,  165. 
Kunice,  45. 
Hannah.  99,  106. 
Jane.  49.  63,  114. 
.loseph,  114. 
Julia  A.,  161. 
Samuel,  186. 


183. 


Sarah  Mrs 
Susan.  105 

Southard. 
Samuel  L.,  Hon.,  141. 

Somrell. 
Isaac,  186. 

Spear. 
Euphemia,  .56. 
Susan,  98. 
Thomas  S.,  111. 

Sqiiiifr. 
Abbv,  138. 
Elizabeth,  13(i. 
John,  13(>. 
Mary,  1.36. 
Samuel,  138. 

Sejtiire. 
Ezra  Dr.,  i:iS. 
John,  Jr.,  75. 
Naucy,  60,  13^!. 
Phebe,  138. 

Steele. 
Lot  Chester,  171. 

Steven.9. 
Edwin  A.,  113. 
John,  131 . 
Marv.  131. 
Thomas,  131. 

Stewart. 
Mortimer,  49. 

Stiles. 
Malvinah,  87. 

Stockdale. 
Mary,  149. 

Stockton. 
Catharine  E.,  1 H. 
Richard,  143. 

Storr. 
Catharine,  125. 

Stoutenhiirri. 
Robert,  83. 

Strain. 
William,  159-1  (il. 

Straus. 
Simon  Dr.,  149. 

Stright. 
Amzi  L.,  153. 
John  E.,  1.54. 
John  L.,  153. 
Laurence,  153. 

Stryker. 
John  W.,  192. 

Stump. 
Frank,  87. 

Sutliff. 
Susan,  188. 

Suydam . 
Abraham,  139. 

Swaine. 
Abigail,  112. 
Christina,  112. 
Elizabeth,  112. 
Joanna.  112. 
Samuel  Lieut..  112. 
Sarah,  112. 

Swan. 
Catharine,  158. 


Tanner. 
Henry  Clay,  192. 

Topping. 
Sophia,  75. 

Taylor. 
Cliarles  M.,  99. 
Emma  L.,  86. 
Mary,  76. 
Phebe  L.,  1S9. 

Tholl. 
Dorothy  Matilda,  94. 


Thonuh-i. 
^Marquis  D.,  63. 

Thompson. 
Mary,  88. 

Thmvton. 
Ilartwell,  105. 
Hubbard.  105. 

Tompkins. 
Aaron,  170. 
.\mos,  45. 
Ezra,  170. 

Todd. 
Jane,  163. 
John,  163. 

Tracy. 
John  P.,  192. 

Tucker. 
Smith,  99. 

Tattle. 
Oliver,  71. 
Elizabeth,  153. 

Turner. 
George,  72. 

Tyler. 
Ida,  191. 

I     Vail. 
Henry,  116. 
Stephen,  140. 

I     Vandamark. 
Beniah  Monday,  105. 

Vanduyne. 
Rachel,  86. 

Van  Houten. 
Rachel,  46. 
Lewis,  .58. 

Van  Kirk. 
Phebe,  47. 

Van  Orden. 
Isaac  L.,  124. 
Sarah  E.,  124. 

Van  Riper. 
Maria,  46. 

Varick. 
Hester,  12:1 

Vaughn. 
Eunice,  157. 
Hannah,  15(). 

Vincent. 
Nancy,  45. 

V(jorhie.'<. 
Belinda,  55. 

Wade. 
Abby,  138. 

WaUace. 
Edward,  69. 

WaMi. 
Mary.  113. 

Walter. 
Charlotte,  191. 

Ward. 
Abiathar,  45. 
Bethuel,  114. 
Caroline,  111. 
Eleazer  D.,  Dr.,  80. 
Elihu,  113. 
Eliza,  92. 
Emma,  171. 
'Esther,  80. 
Jacob,  53. 
Jolni  D.,  136-138. 
I  John  Sergeant,  183. 
Jonas,  184. 
Joseph  C,  171. 
Joseph  S..  187. 
Josiah,  112. 
Jotham,  45. 
.Lcbbeus  B.,  136. 


190. 


Leumen,  177. 
Lydia,  45,  125. 
Mary,  183. 
Nathaniel,  112,  172. 
Richard,  100. 
Robert,  45. 
Samuel,  90. 
Samuel  L.,  125. 
Samnel  S..  136. 
Sarah  Elizabetli, 
Sarah  Maria.  126. 
Silas,  136. 
William  J.,  12.5. 
Zebina,  40. 

Wardley. 
Mary  Jane,  87. 

Washburn. 
Susan  C,  115. 

West. 
Stephen  G.,  58. 

Wheeler. 
Mary.  33-132. 

Whelpley. 
Edward  W.,  119. 
William  A..  119. 

'Wliite. 
Andrew,  103. 
Clarissa,  102. 
Frances,  46. 
Giles.  177. 
Sarah,  108,  HI. 

Milcox. 
Elias,  79.     , 
Jane,  107. 
Sally  Ann,  lOfi. 

William.''. 
Aaron,  65-173. 
Abraham.  172. 
Amanda,  172. 
Amanda  Melvina,  125 
Amos.  194. 
Daniel,  100,  172. 
Elias,  45. 
Elijah,  173. 
Hetty,  173. 
Hiram,  173. 
Isaac,  173. 
James,  90. 
Jemima,  50. 
Joel,  79. 
Jonathan,  183. 
Lois,  85. 
Mahlon,  173. 
Nathan,  '.Ml. 
Rebckah.  9(1. 
Samuel,  100. 
Sarah,  64. 
Thomas,  183. 
Timothy.  183. 
Zebina,  125. 

lilies. 
Sarah  Ann,  KiO. 
Stephen,  1(>(). 

Winters. 
Catharine,  167. 
Mary,  167. 

Wiric  or  ]\'i/rick. 
Eliza,  167. 

Wood. 
Alexander,  1()2. 
Catharine.  71. 
Eliza,  71-73. 
Francis.  13(>. 
Josiah  Rev.,  162. 
William  D.,  I(i2. 

Wrig/it. 
Ob  ed, '13.5. 
Patience,  162. 


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